Gender Segregation in Elite Academic Science

Gender and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 693-717

  Ecklund, Elaine H ^a   Lincoln, Anne E ^b   Tansey, Cassandra ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

class stratification; knowledge science; work occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866382058     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243212451904     Document Type: Article

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