Deans in German Universities: Goal acceptance and task characteristics

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-353

  Scholkmann, Antonia ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

deans; goal acceptance; governance; leadership; management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859025874     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2011.601752     Document Type: Article

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