Changes in higher education and valuing the job: The views of accounting academics in Australia

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-151

  Watty, Kim ^a   Bellamy, Sheila ^b   Morley, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting academics; Employment; Retention; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949121967     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800801938747     Document Type: Article

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