Abstract
related pressures within the university; and point at the relevance of the specific organisational context for understanding differing patterns of their institutional work.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1290-1301 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Studies in Higher Education |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | 12 Feb 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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Keywords
- Audit-market intermediaries
- institutional theory
- institutional work
- legitimacy and power
- situated professionals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
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Audit-market Intermediaries : Doing Institutional Work in British Research Intensive Universities. / Enders, Jurgen; Naidoo, Rajani.
In: Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 44, No. 7, 2019, p. 1290-1301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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