Enhancing the academic internship learning experience for business education-a critical review and future directions

Learning at the Crossroads of Theory and Practice: Research on Innovative Learning Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 7-22

  Gerken, Maike ^a   Rienties, Bart ^b   Giesbers, Bas ^a   Könings, Karen D ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85003891261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2846-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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