Academic environments in detail: Holland's theory at the subdiscipline level

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-39

  Lattuca, Lisa R ^a   Terenzini, Patrick T ^a   Harper, Betty J ^a   Yin, Alex C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic environments; Disciplinary differences; Engineering faculty; Faculty culture; Holland typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449188104     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9144-9     Document Type: Article

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