The isolation of online adjunct faculty and its impact on their performance

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 62-77

  Dolan, Véra ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjunct faculty; Affiliation; Isolation; Loyalty; Organizational commitment; Psychological isolation; Sense of community; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952239496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i2.793     Document Type: Article

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