Excellence in university academic staff evaluation: a problematic reality?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1943-1957

  O’Connor, Pat ^a   O’Hagan, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

academic staff evaluation; case study; excellence; gender; key performance indicators; myth; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922984935     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2014.1000292     Document Type: Article

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