Interdisciplinarity in an era of new public management: A case study of graduate business schools

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-206

  Ryan, Suzanne ^a   Neumann, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

business schools; interdisciplinarity; neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873902740     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.571669     Document Type: Article

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