The impact of supervisors' cognitive styles on the quality of research supervision in management education

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-616

  Armstrong, Steven J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

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ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STANDARD; THINKING;

ADULT; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; THINKING;

EID: 10244251728     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/0007099042376436     Document Type: Article

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