Gender Differences in STEM Disciplines: From the Aspects of Informal Professional Networking and Faculty Career Development

Gender Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 134-154

  Xu, Yonghong Jade ^a   Martin, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty career development; Gender differences; Informal professional networks; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051706233     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-011-9104-5     Document Type: Article

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