Faculty Perceptions of Communication Skills and Needs of Business School Undergraduates in Singapore

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 39-54

  Wharton, Glenn ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

faculty perceptions of student skills; Singlish; Standard English

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992791115     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108056990206500405     Document Type: Article

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