"I couldn't wait to leave the toxic environment": A mixed methods study of women faculty satisfaction and departure from one research institution

NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-95

  Gardner, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 84862538731     PISSN: 19407882     EISSN: 19407890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1940-7890.1079     Document Type: Article

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