Towards professionalisation? Restructuring of administrative work force in universities

Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-471

  Gornitzka, Åse ^a   Larsen, Ingvild Marheim ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Administrative staff; Leadership; Management; Organisational change; Professional roles; Professionalisation; University administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843071076     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HIGH.0000020870.06667.f1     Document Type: Article

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