Measuring quality in communication doctoral education using network analysis of faculty-hiring patterns

Journal of Communication

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 388-411

  Barnett, George A ^a   Danowski, James A ^b   Feeley, Thomas Hugh ^c   Stalker, Jordan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 77954116615     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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