Leadership and strategic choices: Female professors in Australia and Turkey

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-63

  Özkanl, Özlem ^a   White, Kate ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Higher education; Leadership; Management; Role conflict; Strategic choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149053986     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800701745051     Document Type: Article

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