Mainland Chinese students' group work adaptation in a UK business school

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 523-535

  Wang, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; Chinese students; cultural interaction; group work participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868216202     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2012.658562     Document Type: Article

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