Maintaining effectiveness amid downsizing and decline in institutions of higher education

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-86

  Cameron, Kim ^a   Smart, John ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031994478     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018704428790     Document Type: Article

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