Language and academic leadership: Exploring and evaluating the narratives

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 679-692

  Spiller, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chairpersons; Challenges; Collegiality; Conflicts; Managerialism; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149434433     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2010.501072     Document Type: Article

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