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ERIC Number: EJ302953
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Equity Theory and Students' Commitment to Their College.
Neumann, Yoram; Neumann, Lily
Research in Higher Education, v20 n3 p269-80 1984
An investigation of equity theory's power to predict students' commitment to college obtained different results in three desciplines. In political science, the major predictor was the comparison of one's group with another; in economics, the comparison within the membership group; and in physics, the internal standard. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Choice, College Students, Economics, Higher Education, Majors (Students), Physics, Political Science, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes, Student College Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Equity Theory