Business graduate skills in sustainability

Journal of Global Responsibility

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-205

  Mather, Glyn ^a   Denby, Leanne ^b   Wood, Leigh N ^a   Harrison, Bronwen ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Business education; Corporate social responsibility; Graduate skills; Sustainability; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888095078     PISSN: 20412568     EISSN: 20412576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20412561111166049     Document Type: Article

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