Institutional imperatives versus emergent dynamics: A case study on continuous change in higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-464

  Kondakci, Yasar ^a   van den Broeck, Herman ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Continuous change; Higher education management; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449099585     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9204-2     Document Type: Article

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