Factors that impact on the academic motivation of Japanese university students in Japan and in New Zealand

Psychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-131

  Manalo, Emmanuel ^a   Koyasu, Masuo ^b   Hashimoto, Kyoko ^b   Miyauchi, Taeko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Amotivation; Exam hell; Japanese university students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751264943     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2006.114     Document Type: Article

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