Anti-Intellectual Attitudes and Academic Self-Efficacy Among Business Students

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-117

  Elias, Rafik Z ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anti intellectualism; business students; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013016610     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.84.2.110-117     Document Type: Article

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