Examining scholarship in China's academe: An exploratory study

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-84

  Tam, Kai Yung Brian ^a   Chen, Mingxin Luke ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Guanxi; Knowledge production; Research evaluation; Scholarship

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953479674     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9288-8     Document Type: Article

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