Holistic and intentional student character development process: Learning from west point

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 570-590

  Dufresne, Ronald L ^a   Offstein, Evan H ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879475990     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2010.0023     Document Type: Article

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