An empirical investigation of the use of humor in university classrooms

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-322

  Benjelloun, Hicham ^a  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Accounting; Finance; Humour; Learning; Qatar; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889648850     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537980911001134     Document Type: Article

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