Generalist and specialist graduate business degrees: Tangible and intangible value

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 51-68

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Bell, Myrtle P ^b   Gray, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Generalist; Graduates careers; Human capital; MBA; Skills; Specialist

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744432995     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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