Looking across the divide: Analyzing cross-disciplinary approaches for teaching business communication

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-264

  Laster, Nicole M ^a   Russ, Travis L ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business communication education; course content; cross disciplinary approaches; pedagogy; program assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956246718     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: 15524191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1080569910376474     Document Type: Article

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