Chairing and caring: Gendered dimensions of leadership in academe

Gender and Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-428

  Acker, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

higher education; identities; leadership; management; narratives; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863598414     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2011.628927     Document Type: Article

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