Troubling the Notion of Satisfied Students

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 416-431

  Gibbs, Paul ^a   Dean, Aftab ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84907900432     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12039     Document Type: Article

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