The importance of being … social? Instructor credibility and the Millennials

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1533-1547

  Gerhardt, Megan W ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

credibility; generational differences; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916624068     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.981516     Document Type: Article

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