Institutional performance in higher education: Is quality a relevant concept?

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 156-165

  Pounder, James ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviourally anchored ratings scale; Higher education; Organizational effectiveness; Performance measurement; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986108400     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889910281719     Document Type: Article

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