Publish or perish: Bane or boon of academic life?

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-329

  De Rond, Mark ^a,c   Miller, Alan N ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Human Interaction Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Business schools; Publish; Research; Tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144491779     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492605276850     Document Type: Review

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