Problem solving academic workloads management: A University Response1

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-390

  Paewai, Shelley R ^a   Meyer, Luanna H ^b   Houston, Don J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 51249141967     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2007.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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