Student satisfaction with online learning: Is it a psychological contract?

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Dziuban, Charles ^a   Moskal, Patsy ^a   Thompson, Jessica ^a   Kramer, Lauren ^a   DeCantis, Genevieve ^a   Hermsdorfer, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84938841776     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: 10928235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24059/olj.v19i2.496     Document Type: Article

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