Students' Motivation, Perceived Environment and Professional Commitment: An Application of Astin's College Impact Model

Accounting Education

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-208

  Ahmad, Zauwiyah ^a   Anantharaman, R N ^a   Ismail, Hishamuddin ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Motivation; perceived environment; professional commitment; professional socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860812169     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2011.603472     Document Type: Article

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