Motivation in cross-cultural settings: A Papua New Guinea psychometric study

International Education Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 400-409

  Nelson, Genevieve F ^a   O'Mara, Alison J ^a   McInerney, Dennis M ^a   Dowson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Cross cultural education; Motivation; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349071795     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: 14431475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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