Research Productivity of Returnees from Study Abroad in Korea, Hong Kong, and Malaysia

Minerva

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 467-487

  Shin, Jung Cheol ^a   Jung, Jisun ^b   Postiglione, Gerard A ^b   Azman, Norzaini ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Korea; Malaysia; Research productivity; Returnees; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912576022     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: 15731871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-014-9259-9     Document Type: Article

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