There's a hidden epidemic in academia

Feb 18, 2019

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Olivier Sibai

Marketing Lecturer, Birkbeck, University of London

Bernardo Figueiredo

Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University

Marcia Christina Ferreira

Associate professor, Brunel University London

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