The impacts of new governance on teaching at German universities. Findings from a national survey

Higher Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-52

  Wilkesmann, Uwe ^a   Schmid, Christian J ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Governance of universities; Motivation; National survey; Selective incentives; Teaching motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255134276     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9423-1     Document Type: Article

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