Postdoctoral Life Scientists and Supervision Work in the Contemporary University: A Case Study of Changes in the Cultural Norms of Science

Minerva

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-349

  Müller, Ruth ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic career; Academic citizenship; Higher education; Life sciences; Postdocs; Science policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957427125     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: 15731871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-014-9257-y     Document Type: Article

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