The experience of academic non-mothers in the gendered university

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-44

  Ramsay, Karen ^b   Letherby, Gayle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Academic non mothers; Higher education; Ideology of motherhood

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ISSUE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33645967766     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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