Regulated autonomy or autonomous regulation? Collective bargaining and academic workloads in Australian universities

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-148

  Lyons, Michael ^a   Ingersoll, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Managerial prerogative; Resistance; Workloads

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951286218     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800903440592     Document Type: Article

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