Sameness and difference: Analyzing institutional and organizational specificities of universities through mission statements

International Studies of Management and Organization

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-149

  Kosmützky, Anna ^a   Krücken, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84957557468     PISSN: 00208825     EISSN: 15580911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2015.1006013     Document Type: Article

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