Gender diversity policies in universities: A multi-perspective framework of policy measures

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 719-735

  Timmers, Tanya M ^a   Willemsen, Tineke M ^b   Tijdens, Kea G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Gender equality; Glass ceiling index; Implementation; Measures; The Netherlands; Universities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951134145     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9276-z     Document Type: Article

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