The experiences of senior positional leaders in Australian, Irish and Portuguese universities: Universal or contingent?

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-18

  O'Connor, Pat ^a   Carvalho, Teresa ^b,c   White, Kate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES)   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

contingent; gender; leaders; universal; universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893662152     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.864608     Document Type: Article

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