Achievement orientations and strategies: A cultural comparison of Tanzanian street children, former street children, and school-going children

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1012-1027

  Nalkur, Priya G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; East Africa; Qualitative analysis; Storytelling; Street children

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249140203     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109346954     Document Type: Article

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