Stakeholders' perception of who influences the decision-making processes in Ontario's public postsecondary education institutions

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-397

  Powell, Billroy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Education; Influence; Institutions; Perception; Postsecondary; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958611664     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360802406841     Document Type: Article

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