Teaching sustainability to business students: Shifting mindsets

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-221

  Stubbs, Wendy ^a   Cocklin, Chris ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecology; Economics; Education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349101299     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370810885844     Document Type: Article

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