Determinants of organisational climate for academia

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 960-974

  McMurray, Adela ^a   Scott, Don ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic staff; management; organisational climate driver; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890433842     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.806446     Document Type: Article

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