Communication challenges and needs: Perceptions of MBA students

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-51

  Reinsch Jr , Lamar ^a   Shelby, Annette N ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24944443788     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: 15524191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108056999605900104     Document Type: Article

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