Benchmarking work practices and outcomes in Australian universities using an employee survey

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-53

  Langford, Peter H ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Climate; Culture; Employee engagement; Employee opinion survey; Human resources; Job satisfaction; Organisational commitment; Organisational performance; Stress; University; Work practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951288222     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800903440543     Document Type: Article

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