The institutionalization of third stream activities in UK higher education: The role of discourse and metrics

British Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-92

  Lockett, Andy ^a   Wright, Mike ^b   Wild, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84920973675     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12069     Document Type: Article

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