Othering women: Fluid images of the ideal academic

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-35

  Bleijenbergh, Inge L ^a   Van Engen, Marloes L ^b   Vinkenburg, Claartje J ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Arts; Gender; Gender stereotypes; Ideal academic; Sciences; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873534479     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02610151311305597     Document Type: Article

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