Changing academic identities in changing academic workplaces: Learning from academics' everyday professional writing practices

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 605-616

  Leaa, Mary R ^a   Stierer, Barry ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic identity; Academic literacies; Academic practice; Academic workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855816223     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2011.560380     Document Type: Article

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