Gender practices in the construction of academic excellence: Sheep with five legs

Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-524

  van den Brink, Marieke ^a   Benschop, Yvonne ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

construction of excellence; gender practices; inequality; meritocracy; recruitment and selection; women in academia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864390419     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508411414293     Document Type: Article

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