New public management and ‘middle management’: How do deans influence institutional policies?

Higher Education Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 165-196

  Carvalho, Teresa ^a   Santiago, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Basic Unit; Central Administration; High Education; High Education Institution; Institutional Environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103937625     PISSN: 15710378     EISSN: 22151923     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9163-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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