Academic manager or managed academic? Academic identity schisms in higher education

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Winter, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic identity; Corporate managerialism; Values systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449574278     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800902825835     Document Type: Article

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