Onto, up, off the academic faculty ladder: The gendered effects of family on career transitions for a cohort of social science Ph.D.s

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 525-553

  Morrison, Emory ^a,b,c   Rudd, Elizabeth ^d,e   Nerad, Maresi ^c,e  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Special Needs Assistance Program   (United States)

^e CIRGE   (United States)

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EID: 80051543054     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2011.0017     Document Type: Article

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