The institution of tenure: Freedom or discipline?

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 619-627

  Wicks, David ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Canada; Employment; Organizations; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993035250     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410538479     Document Type: Article

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