Is the clock still ticking? an evaluation of the consequences of stopping the tenure clock

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-31

  Manchester, Colleen Flaherty ^a   Leslie, Lisa M ^a   Kramer, Amit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Promotion; Salary; Work family policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874064340     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600101     Document Type: Article

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