The influence of personal networks and social support on study attainment of students in university education

Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-573

  Eggens, Lilian ^a   Van Der Werf, M P C ^a   Bosker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Attainment; Higher education; Personal network; Procrastination; Self esteem; Social support; Student; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149098750     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9074-4     Document Type: Article

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