Fear and loathing in the academy? The role of emotion in response to an impact agenda in the UK and Australia

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 555-568

  Chubb, Jennifer ^a   Watermeyer, Richard ^b   Wakeling, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic identity; emotions; higher education policy; impact; knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014807914     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2017.1288709     Document Type: Article

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