Quantitative assessment of organisational cultures in post-merger Universities

Cultural Perspectives on Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 213-226

  Cai, Yuzhuo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 84891465527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6604-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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