Help seeking in cultural context

Help Seeking in Academic Settings: Goals, Groups, and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 117-150

  Volet, Simone ^a   Karabenick, Stuart A ^b,c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920391743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203726563     Document Type: Chapter

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