The Knowledge Worker, the Manager-academic and the Contemporary UK University: New and Old Forms of Public Management?

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-128

  Deem, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; knowledge work; manager academics; New Managerialism; policy change

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444405936     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2004.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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