The impact of role conflict, role ambiguity and organizational climate on the job satisfaction of academic staff in research-intensive universities in the UK

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 464-478

  Schulz, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; organizational culture; role stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878645026     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2012.680209     Document Type: Article

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