Academic careers and gender equity: Lessons learned from MIT

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-153

  Bailyn, Lotte ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic careers; Equity; Gender; Gendered academic institutions; Organizational change; Professional personal integration

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EQUITY; GENDER DISPARITY;

EID: 0037357049     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00008     Document Type: Article

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