Sustaining academic life: A case for applying principles of social sustainability to the academic profession

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-245

  Hammond, Cathryn ^a   Churchman, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Australia; Higher education; Social economics; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349116604     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370810885862     Document Type: Article

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