Idiocentrism-allocentrism and academics' self-efficacy for research in Beijing universities

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-183

  Zhao, Jingsong ^a   McCormick, John ^b   Hoekman, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Collectivism; Higher education; Individual behaviour; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249114917     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540810853567     Document Type: Article

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