To See the World or Stay at Home: Applying an Integrated Student Choice Model to Explore the Gender Gap in the Intent to Study Abroad

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 615-640

  Salisbury, Mark H ^a   Paulsen, Michael B ^a   Pascarella, Ernest T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Gender differences; Intent; Student choice construct; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956871985     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-010-9171-6     Document Type: Article

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