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Academics and Professional Administrators in Australian Universities

Dissolving Boundaries and New Tensions

Bibliographic Data

ID4545341
AuthorsCraig Mcinnis (a University of Melbourne , Australia, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume20
Issue2
Pages161-173
Publication date1998-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080980200204
OpenAlexW2086932362
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited10

This paper reports the results of a national survey of administrators' work roles satisfaction and values in relation to those of academics surveyed on similar issues in an earlier study. The paper identifies some crucial areas of difference in the values attached to work and the perceptions of work practices. Issues and tensions at the everyday work interface between academics and administrators are identified as central to the likelihood, or otherwise, of universities managing major changes

Higher education · Job satisfaction · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Relation (database · Sociology · Survey data collection · Work (physics · Engineering · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Governance and Development · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works31
Citations per year1,19
Citation span2000 - 2025 (26)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 31
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