Why the academic pipeline leaks: Fewer men than women perceive barriers to becoming professors

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 511-521

  Van Anders, Sari M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academia; Family; Gender; Graduate study; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744266534     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-004-5461-9     Document Type: Article

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