Enhancing the intercultural competence of postgraduate logisticians

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-233

  Pyne, Robyn ^a   Dinwoodie, John ^a   Roe, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intercultural competence; National survey; Postgraduate logisticians

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953267077     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560701467102     Document Type: Article

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