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Lee, J.J., Cheslock, J., Maldonado-Maldonado, A., Rhoades, G. (2005). Professors as Knowledge Workers in the New, Global Economy. In: Smart, J.C. (eds) Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3279-X_2

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