Research productivity by career stage among Korean academics

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-105

  Jung, Jisun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

academic discipline; career stage; research productivity; reward system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898860073     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2014.889206     Document Type: Article

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