Towards an international event management body of knowledge (EMBOK)

Event Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 185-198

  Silvers, Julia Rutherford ^a   Bowdin, Glenn A J ^b   O'Toole, William J ^c   Nelson, Kathleen Beard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body of knowledge; Conceptual framework; Education; Event management; Event management body of knowledge (EMBOK); Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846554270     PISSN: 15259951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/152599506776771571     Document Type: Article

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