Barriers to and facilitators of female Deans' career advancement in higher education: An exploratory study in Vietnam

Higher Education

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-138

  Nguyen, Thi Lan Huong ^a,b  

^a LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management   (Australia)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Female academic managers; Middle level management; Vietnamese higher education; Women empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884980865     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-012-9594-4     Document Type: Article

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