Impact of critical management studies courses on learners' attitudes and beliefs

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-396

  Monaghan, Catherine H ^a   Cervero, Ronald M ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Critical HRD; Critical management studies; Critical pedagogy; Employee attitudes; Training and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349097308     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860600893573     Document Type: Article

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