Faculty research productivity: Exploring the role of gender and family-related factors

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-446

  Sax, Linda J ^a   Hagedorn, Linda Serra ^b   Arredondo, Marisol ^c   Dicrisi, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty; Family related factors; Research productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141625872     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015575616285     Document Type: Article

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