Addressing career obstacles within a changing higher education work environment: Perspectives of academics

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-385

  Pienaar, Cobus ^a   Bester, Coen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

academics; career obstacles; Delphi methodology; higher education; job satisfaction; tertiary institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993746790     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630903900311     Document Type: Article

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