Analyzing faculty workload data using multilevel modeling

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-196

  Porter, Stephen R ^a   Umbach, Paul D ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty; Multilevel modeling; Productivity; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315282     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026573503271     Document Type: Article

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