Journal rankings and academic research: Two discourses about the quality of faculty work

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-126

  Hogler, Raymond ^a   Gross, Michael A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 69949187199     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318909335419     Document Type: Article

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