Gender inequality and time allocations among academic faculty

Gender and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 769-793

  Winslow, Sarah ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

education; organizations; work occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649802620     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243210386728     Document Type: Article

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