Universities, academic careers, and the valorization of 'Shiny Things'

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 303-328

  Hermanowicz, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic capitalism; Careers; Markets; Neoliberalism; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958639236     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20160000046010     Document Type: Article

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