Gender norms and institutional culture: The family-friendly versus the father-friendly university

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-396

  Sallee, Margaret W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84877257811     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2013.0017     Document Type: Article

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