A Disciplinary Perspective: The Internationalization of Australian Public Relations Education

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-147

  Fitch, Kate ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; disciplinarity; internationalization of the curriculum; public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876444216     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315312474898     Document Type: Article

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