The great outdoors and management development: A framework for analysing the learning and transfer of management skills

Managing Leisure

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 136-148

  Burke, Veronica ^a   Collins, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009553269     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136067198376049     Document Type: Article

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