Falling off the academic bandwagon. Women are more likely to quit at the postdoc to principal investigator transition

EMBO Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 977-981

  Martinez, Elisabeth D ^a   Botos, Jeannine ^a   Dohoney, Kathleen M ^a   Geiman, Theresa M ^a   Kolla, Sarah S ^a   Olivera, Ana ^a   Qiu, Yi ^a   Rayasam, Geetha Vani ^a   Stavreva, Diana A ^a   Cohen Fix, Orna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER MOBILITY; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MOTIVATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TEACHING;

EID: 35748966699     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401110     Document Type: Review

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