Organisational climate and strategic change in higher education: Organisational insecurity

Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-92

  Allen, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information strategy; Insecurity; Managerialism; Strategic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642419807     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024445024385     Document Type: Article

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