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Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-36

  Adnett, Nick ^a   Slack, Kim ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84980404008     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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