Transformation of university governance: On the role of university board members

Higher Education

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-58

  Kretek, Peter M ^a   Dragšić, Žarko ^a   Kehm, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Governance; NPM; University boards; University reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873731902     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9580-x     Document Type: Article

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