The effects of pre-enrolment emotions and peer group interaction on students' satisfaction

Journal of Marketing Management

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1208-1231

  Palmer, Adrian ^a   Koenig Lewis, Nicole ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotions; Higher education; Peer to peer communication; Satisfaction; Social network media

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053938547     PISSN: 0267257X     EISSN: 14721376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267257X.2011.614955     Document Type: Article

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