Internationalisation, mobility and metrics: A new form of indirect discrimination?

Minerva

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-435

  Ackers, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career opportunity; Discrimination; Employment; International research collaborations; Internationalisation; Knowledge transfer; Recruitment of researchers; Types of mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849112238     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-008-9110-2     Document Type: Article

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