Academic women's promotions in Australian universities

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 505-522

  Winchester, Hilary ^a   Lorenzo, Shard ^a   Browning, Lyn ^a   Chesterman, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Technology Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Australia; Gender discrimination; Promotion; Universities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750237107     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610704461     Document Type: Article

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