Exploring the color of glass: Letters of recommendation for female and male medical faculty

Discourse and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-220

  Trix, Frances ^a   Psenka, Carolyn ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Apparent commendation; Discourse analysis; Gender bias; Letters of recommendation; Methodology; Possessives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037288624     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926503014002277     Document Type: Article

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