Just 'non-academics'?: Research administrators and contested occupational identity

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-288

  Collinson, Jacquelyn Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Occupational identity; Research administrators

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744902615     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006064114     Document Type: Article

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