The influence of relationship networks on academic performance in higher education: a comparative study between students of a creative and a non-creative discipline

Higher Education

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 307-322

  Tomás Miquel, José Vicente ^a   Expósito Langa, Manuel ^a   Nicolau Juliá, Débora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Creative contexts; Higher education; Relationship networks; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930526218     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9904-8     Document Type: Article

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