The effects of student–faculty interaction on academic self-concept: Does academic major matter?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 780-809

  Kim, Young K ^a   Sax, Linda J ^b  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic majors; Academic self concept; Conditional effects; Multilevel modeling; Student faculty interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897354513     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: 1573188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-014-9335-x     Document Type: Article

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