Workload allocation models and "collegiality" in academic departments

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-53

  Hull, Richard ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Critical management; Public administration; United Kingdom; Universities; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644542127     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610643677     Document Type: Article

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