When tenure protects the incompetent: Results from a survey of department chairs

PS - Political Science and Politics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 182-187

  Rothgeb, John M ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84891513938     PISSN: 10490965     EISSN: 15375935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049096513001558     Document Type: Article

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