Gendered academic careers: Specializing for success?

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1273-1309

  Leahey, Erin ^a   Crockett, Jason Lee ^a   Hunter, Laura Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 42149154805     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0018     Document Type: Article

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