The ethics of multiple authorship: power, performativity and the gift economy

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1194-1210

  Macfarlane, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic ethics; authorship; collaborative work; performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944936977     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1085009     Document Type: Article

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