'Why do all the women disappear?' Gendering processes in a political science department

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-225

  Kantola, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gendered organizations; Hidden discrimination; Political science; Women in academia

Indexed keywords

GENDER; GENDER DISPARITY; KNOWLEDGE; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 38949167490     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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