Business students' conceptions of sustainability

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 662-673

  Reid, Anna ^a   Petocz, Peter ^a   Taylor, Paul ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Graduate dispositions; Higher education; Professional preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858191551     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1030662     Document Type: Article

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