The rules of the game: Women and the leaderist turn in higher education

Gender and Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-131

  Morley, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

feminist redistribution of knowledge; leadership identities; mis recognition; women's absences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873197879     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2012.740888     Document Type: Article

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