The academic jungle: Ecosystem modelling reveals why women are driven out of research

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 999-1004

  O'Brien, Katherine R ^a   Hapgood, Karen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; FERTILITY; GENDER ROLE; RESEARCH WORK; TEACHING;

EID: 84862727499     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20601.x     Document Type: Article

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