The effectiveness of university-level management consulting courses

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-99

  Richter, Ansgar ^a,b   Schmidt, Sascha L ^a  

^a European Business School

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Management consulting; Self efficacy; Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349107074     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562907300809     Document Type: Article

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