Managers' practice and managers' learning as identity formation: Reassessing the mba contribution

Management Learning

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-278

  Warhurst, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity regulation; identity work; manager identity; MBA evaluation; practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959541955     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507610387567     Document Type: Article

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