The influence of strategy and external quality audit on university performance: An Australian perspective

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Shah, Mahsood ^a   Nair, Sid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Institutional performance measures; Quality audits and improvement; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958758166     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2011.557778     Document Type: Review

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