A sociocultural view of doctoral students' relationships and agency

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-117

  Hopwood, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency; Doctoral education; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954858260     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158037X.2010.487482     Document Type: Article

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