Promises from afar: a model of international student psychological contract in business education

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-232

  Bordia, Sarbari ^a   Bordia, Prashant ^a   Restubog, Simon Lloyd D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

business schools; cross cultural issues in teaching and learning; international students; management education; student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919839315     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.823935     Document Type: Article

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