To Let Students Self-Select or Not: That Is the Question for Teachers of Culturally Diverse Groups

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-83

  Rienties, Bart ^a   Alcott, Peter ^a   Jindal Snape, Divya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

group selection method; internationalization of higher education; intervention study; longitudinal study; multiple regression quadratic assignment procedures; quantitative research; social network analysis; team cohesion; team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892467187     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315313513035     Document Type: Article

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