Making a mess of academic work: Experience, purpose and identity

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 495-506

  Malcolm, Janice ^a   Zukas, Miriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic work; Actor network theory; Discipline; Managerialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349885449     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510903186659     Document Type: Article

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