Determinants of learning performance of business students in a transitional market

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 304-316

  Nguyen, Trang T M ^a   Nguyen, Tho D ^b,c  

^a VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Instructions; Learning; Self development; Students; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957876019     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684881011079152     Document Type: Article

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