Adult Learners as Graduate Students: Underlying Motivation in Completing Graduate Programs

Journal of Continuing Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 146-151

  Hegarty, Niall ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extrinsic; graduate programs; intrinsic; measurement; motivation; program design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858635509     PISSN: 07377363     EISSN: 19484801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2011.614883     Document Type: Article

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