The why, what, and how of reviewer education: A human capital approach

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-429

  Sullivan, Sherry E ^a   Baruch, Yehuda ^b   Schepmyer, Hazlon ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Reed Center for Research on Diversity and Careers   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career; Human capital; Knowledge creation; PhD education; Reviewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951800122     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562909346687     Document Type: Review

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