Predicting a taxonomy of organisational effectiveness in U.K. higher educational institutions

Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-39

  Lysons, Art ^a   Hatherly, David ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 21344436995     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00139216     Document Type: Article

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