'Jugglers', 'copers' and 'strugglers': Academics' perceptions of being a head of department in a post-1992 uk university and how it influences their future careers

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-399

  Floyd, Alan ^a   Dimmock, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Career trajectory; Head of department; Identity; Life history; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960513402     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2011.585738     Document Type: Article

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