Academic inbreeding: Exploring its characteristics and rationale in Japanese universities using a qualitative perspective

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Horta, Hugo ^a,b   Sato, Machi ^c,d   Yonezawa, Akiyoshi ^e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Academic profession; Academic recruitment; Characteristics of academic inbreeding; Institutional inbreeding Academic inbreeding; Japanese Higher Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79351469206     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-010-9126-9     Document Type: Article

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