Quality of business graduates in Vietnamese institutions: Multiple perspectives

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 629-643

  Quang Duoc, Truong ^a   Metzger, Christoph ^b  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Leadership; Management roles; Organizational structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547128409     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710710761261     Document Type: Article

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