Birds of a feather? The critique of the North American Business School and its implications for educating HRD practitioners

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-126

  Kuchinke, K Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

HRD academic programs; MBA critique

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547599337     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484307300175     Document Type: Article

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