Determinants of success in academic careers

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-334

  Van Balen, Barbara ^a   Van Arensbergen, Pleun ^b   Van Der Weijden, Inge ^c   Van Den Besselaar, Peter ^d  

^a QANU (Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities)   (Netherlands)

^b Rathenau Institute KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

academic careers; researcher biography; talent management; the Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865262551     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2012.14     Document Type: Article

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