The impact of collegiality amongst Australian accounting academics on work-related attitudes and academic performance

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 411-427

  Su, Sophia ^a   Baird, Kevin ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic performance; collegiality; employee organisational commitment; job related stress; propensity to remain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933059976     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1049142     Document Type: Article

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