Many roads lead to sustainability: A process-oriented analysis of change in higher education

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-175

  Barth, Matthias ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative case study; Germany; Higher education; Higher education for sustainability; Organizational change; Sustainability; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875615793     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371311312879     Document Type: Article

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