Inputs and outcomes of outdoor management development: Of design, dogma and dissonance

British Journal of Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-341

  Jones, Philip J ^a   Oswick, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36148984278     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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