A loyalty tax? National measures of academic salary compression

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 761-776

  Barbezat, Debra A ^a  

^a Colby College   (United States)

Author keywords

academic rank; compression; faculty; salary; seniority

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444226452     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RIHE.0000044230.25883.46     Document Type: Review

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