Building a research culture from scratch at a university of technology

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 151-164

  Johnson, Bernadette J ^a   Louw, Alwyn H ^a  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84892510811     PISSN: 20399340     EISSN: 20392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n1p151     Document Type: Article

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