Cultural pragmatists? Student perspectives on learning culture at a business school

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-187

  Blasco, Maribel ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 67650803053     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2009.41788841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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