The importance of university facilities for student satisfaction at a Norwegian University

Facilities

Volumn 33, Issue 13-14, 2015, Pages 744-759

  Hanssen, Thor Erik Sandberg ^a   Solvoll, Gisle ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Facilities; Higher educations institutions; Norway; Student satisfaction; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942429600     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/F-11-2014-0081     Document Type: Article

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