Boundary-crossing and governance “space”: Negotiation of the professional identity of secretariat staff in higher education (HE)

Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-60

  Dawkins, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Accountability; Corporate governance; Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909044069     PISSN: 20507003     EISSN: 17581184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17581181111150900     Document Type: Article

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