The influence of family on Thai students' choices of international education

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 211-219

  Pimpa, Nattavud ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Higher education; Students; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745434579     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540310484931     Document Type: Article

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