Quality reform: Personality type, preferred learning style and majors in a business school

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-206

  Fallan, Lars ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business school; Classroom teaching; Learning style; Majors; Personality type; Quality reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749176122     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320600916817     Document Type: Article

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