Effective change management, governance and policy for sustainability transformation in higher education

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-284

  Mader, Clemens ^a   Scott, Geoffrey ^b   Abdul Razak, Dzulkifli ^c  

^a Innovation Leuphana University   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c International Association of Universities   (France)

Author keywords

Change management; Governance; Higher education for sustainable development; Transformation; Turnaround leadership; Whole institution approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886581461     PISSN: 20408021     EISSN: 2040803x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SAMPJ-09-2013-0037     Document Type: Article

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