'Beyond our imagination': The voice of international students on the MBA

Management Learning

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 539-556

  Currie, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business schools; Cultural asymmetry; International students; MBA; Pedagogy; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448998890     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607083206     Document Type: Article

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