The role of doctoral advisors: A look at advising from the advisor's perspective

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 297-315

  Barnes, Benita J ^a   Austin, Ann E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advising; Advisor roles; Doctoral education

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349106557     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-008-9084-x     Document Type: Article

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