Digging deeper: The laddering interview, a tool for surfacing values

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 713-729

  Trocchia, Philip J ^a   Swanson, Diane L ^b   Orlitzky, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom learning exercise; laddering; management education; means end; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990393414     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562906293611     Document Type: Article

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