The marketisation of the English higher education sector and its impact on academic staff and the nature of their work

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 129-152

  Taberner, Andrea Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporatization; Managerialism; Marketization of higher education; Neo liberalism; New public management; Occupational stress in academia; Performativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043996169     PISSN: 19348835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOA-07-2017-1198     Document Type: Article

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