Market socialism meets the lost generation: Motivational orientations of adult learners in Shanghai

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-222

  Boshier, Roger ^a   Huang, Yan ^a   Song, Qihui ^b   Song, Lei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Comparative perspective; Lost generation; Motivational orientations; Seniors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645684955     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713605286174     Document Type: Article

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