Students' motives for enrolling on business degrees in a post-1992 university

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-36

  Bennett, Roger ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business studies; Incentives (psychology); Students; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349126382     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540410512127     Document Type: Article

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