Professional staff carve out a new space

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 679-691

  Szekeres, Judy ^a  

^a South Australian Institute of Business & Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

administration; culture; professional staff; roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859013989     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2011.621193     Document Type: Article

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