Educational travel. The Overseas Internship

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 690-711

  van 't Klooster, Erik ^a   van Wijk, Jeroen ^a   Go, Frank ^a   van Rekom, Johan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cross cultural competencies; cultural distance; educational travel; management skills; overseas internship

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MANAGEMENT; STUDENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 50849107869     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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