Scouting for talent: Appointment practices of women professors in academic medicine

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2033-2040

  Van den Brink, Marieke ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Exclusion and inclusion; Gender practices; Leadership; Mixed methods; Recruitment; Social networks; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH WORKER; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); SOCIAL NETWORK;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FACULTY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79958773631     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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