Exploring faculty experiences in a striving university through the lens of academic capitalism

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1097-1115

  Gonzales, Leslie D ^a   Martinez, E ^a   Ordu, C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic work and identity; faculty members; neoliberalism; organisational behaviour; rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905692262     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.777401     Document Type: Article

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