When qualitative productivity is equated with quantitative productivity: scholars caught in a performance paradox;Wenn Qualität von Forschung, Lehre und Bildung mit quantitativer Produktivität gleichgesetzt wird – im Leistungsparadoxon gefangene Wissenschaftler

Zeitschrift fur Erziehungswissenschaft

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 25-45

  Frost, Jetta ^a   Brockmann, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional Effects; Higher Education; Performance Measurement; Performance Paradox; Strategic Behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913591352     PISSN: 1434663X     EISSN: 18625215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11618-014-0572-8     Document Type: Article

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