Read the book or attend a seminar? Charting ironies in how managers prefer to learn

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-193

  Pagel, Sonya ^a   Westerfelhaus, Robert ^b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644585413     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194369903600203     Document Type: Article

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