The psychological contract of science students: social exchange with universities and university staff from the students' perspective

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 160-172

  O'Toole, Paddy ^a   Prince, Nike ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

higher education; psychological contract; student experience; VideoVoices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924144769     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2014.934326     Document Type: Article

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