Gender and academic career trajectories in Spain: From gendered passion to consecration in a Sistema Endogámico?

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 588-603

  Vázquez Cupeiro, Susana ^a   Elston, Mary Ann ^b  

^a National College of Political Science and Sociology   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Equal opportunities; Gender discrimination; Spain; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750257502     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610704515     Document Type: Article

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