Image and reputation of higher education institutions in students' retention decisions

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 303-311

  Nguyen, Nha ^a   LeBlanc, Gaston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business education; Customer loyalty; Image; Professional institutes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904359560     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005909     Document Type: Article

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