Academic dissatisfaction, managerial change and neo-liberalism

Higher Education

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-58

  Fredman, Nick ^a   Doughney, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Management; Managerialism; Neo liberalism; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860556355     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9479-y     Document Type: Article

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