The big fish down Under: Examining moderators of the'big-fish-little-pond' effect for Australia's high achievers

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-114

  Seaton, Marjorie ^a   Marsh, Herbert W ^a   Yeung, Alexander Seeshing ^a   Craven, Rhonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 82355177243     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494411105500202     Document Type: Article

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