The future of the academic calling? Junior researchers in the entrepreneurial university

Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-190

  Hakala, Johanna ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Academic calling; Entrepreneurial university; Identity work; Junior researchers; Postgraduate training; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549096281     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9140-6     Document Type: Article

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