Learners training approach preference: National culture as a determinant

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-32

  Rodrigues, Carl a ^a   bu, Nailin ^b   Min, Byung ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Learning styles; National cultures; Training techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993021294     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600010797048     Document Type: Article

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