Student satisfaction in higher education: a meta-analytic study

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-18

  Santini, Fernando de Oliveira ^a   Ladeira, Wagner Junior ^a   Sampaio, Claudio Hoffmann ^b   da Silva Costa, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antecedents; consequents and meta analysis; higher education; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017444678     PISSN: 08841241     EISSN: 15407144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08841241.2017.1311980     Document Type: Article

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