Unstable networks among women in academe: The legal case of Shyamala Rajender

Centaurus

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-62

  Kohlstedt, Sally G ^b   Fischer, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Feminism; gender and science; gender discrimination; networks; sex discrimination; Shyamala Rajender; women in science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCIENCE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CIVIL RIGHTS; FACULTY; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JUDICIAL ROLE; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 70350064351     PISSN: 00088994     EISSN: 16000498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0498.2008.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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