Trends in industry supervisors' feedback On business communication internships

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-288

  Sapp, David Alan ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Business education; Employment preparation; Internships

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249121055     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1080569909336450     Document Type: Article

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