Views from above the glass ceiling: Does the academic environment influence women professors' careers and experiences?

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 301-312

  Sanders, Karin ^a   Willemsen, Tineke M ^b   Millar, Carla C J M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academia; Gender; Skewed sex ratios; Women professors; Women friendliness

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049090036     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9547-7     Document Type: Article

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