Real or hyper-real?: Cultural experiences of overseas business students

Critical perspectives on international business

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-24

  Sliwa, Martyna ^a   Grandy, Gina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Business schools; England; National cultures; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644456940     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040610644135     Document Type: Article

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