Managing Institutional Research Advancement: Implications from a University Faculty Time Allocation Study

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 99-121

  Anderson, Derrick M ^a   Slade, Catherine P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty time allocation; Grantsmanship; Higher education research institutions; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955758191     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: 1573188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-015-9376-9     Document Type: Article

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