The Ideal Worker or the Ideal Father: Organizational Structures and Culture in the Gendered University

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 782-802

  Sallee, Margaret W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty; Fatherhood; Gender norms; Ideal worker; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867102500     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-012-9256-5     Document Type: Article

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