Career confidence and gendered expectations of academic promotion

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-334

  Baker, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

academic gender gap; career confidence; gendered universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956129014     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783310371402     Document Type: Article

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