Social capital renewal and the academic performance of international students in Australia

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1515-1538

  Neri, Frank ^a   Ville, Simon ^a  

^a Centre for Human and Social Capital Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; International students in Australia; Social capital renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349162835     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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