Academic mission statements: An exercise in negotiation

Discourse and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-479

  Connell, Ian ^a   Galasiński, Dariusz ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Higher Education institution; Mission Statements; Negotiation; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032355641     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926598009004003     Document Type: Article

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