Doctoral Comprehensive Exams in Marketing: Current Practices and Emerging Perspectives

Journal of Marketing Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 226-235

  Ponder, Nicole ^a   Beatty, Sharon E ^b   Foxx, William ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehensive examination; doctoral education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990324252     PISSN: 02734753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0273475304268778     Document Type: Article

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