Catching the early walker: An examination of potential antecedents of rapid student exit from business-related undergraduate degree programmes in a post-1992 university

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-132

  Bennett, Roger ^a   Kottasz, Rita ^a   Nocciolino, Julia ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861197237     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770701267556     Document Type: Article

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