Framing involvement: Rationale construction in an interorganisational collaboration

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-240

  Siegel, David J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; diversity; interorganisational relations; social partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053311286     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770802220413     Document Type: Article

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