Teaching and research in Malaysian public universities: Synergistic or antagonistic?

Teaching and Research in Contemporary Higher Education: Systems, Activities and Rewards

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 255-276

  Azman, Norzaini ^a,b   Pang, Vincent ^c,d   Sirat, Morshidi ^e,f   Md Yunus, Aida Suraya ^g  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b National Higher Education Research Institute   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d School of Science and Technology   (Malaysia)

^e Ledang Community College   (Malaysia)

^f SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84912542366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6830-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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