How do management students perceive the quality of education in public institutions?

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-371

  Narang, Ritu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Higher education; India; Management education; Policy makers; Quality assurance; Service quality; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866853784     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684881211263993     Document Type: Article

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