What Do We Teach in Organizational Behavior? An Analysis of MBA Syllabi

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-471

  Brown, Kenneth G ^a   Charlier, Steven D ^b   Rynes, Sara L ^a   Hosmanek, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cases; field of OB; grading; MBA programs; organizational behavior; readings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879742043     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562913486469     Document Type: Article

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