The self-activating entrance examination system - Its hidden agenda and its correspondence with the Japanese "salary man"

Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-198

  Takeuchi, Yo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 21944454173     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003001402176     Document Type: Article

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