Appraising academic appraisal in the new public management university

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-189

  Field, Laurie ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

appraisal; compliance; managerialism; new public management; performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928590654     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2014.991534     Document Type: Article

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