"Countability not answerability?" Accountability in Hong Kong and Singapore universities

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-85

  Currie, Jan ^a   Vidovich, Lesley ^b   Yang, Rui ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TheUniversity of Western Australia   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Hong Kong; Singapore; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449640179     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188790701845972     Document Type: Article

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