International Perspective: The Appropriateness of Using Hong Kong to Make Inferences About Business Students in Mainland China

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-55

  Thompson, Edmund R ^a   Gui, Qin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77952522378     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832320009599050     Document Type: Article

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