Communication in an academic context

Higher Education

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-221

  Gizir, Sidika ^a   Simsek, Hasan ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic context; Academic culture; Disciplinary culture; Faculty members; Organizational communication; University departments

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944481366     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6349-x     Document Type: Article

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