Cultural determinants of learning style preferences

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 622-637

  Holtbrügge, Dirk ^a   Mohr, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650923292     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2010.56659880     Document Type: Article

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