Parenting and research productivity: New evidence and methods

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-451

  Hunter, Laura A ^a   Leahey, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic careers; Children; Gender; Research productivity; Research visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952608298     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312709358472     Document Type: Article

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