Culture shock and higher education performance: Implications for teaching

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-46

  Kelly, Philip ^a   Moogan, Yvonne ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kaplan Business School   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855560702     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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