Gender inequalities in transnational academic mobility and the ideal type of academic entrepreneur

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Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 605-625

  Leemann, Regula Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Academic career; Academic mobility; Dual career; Family ties; Gender; Geographic mobility; Social origin; Transnational mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958498221     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2010.516942     Document Type: Article

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