The importance of early academic career opportunities and gender differences in promotion rates

Research Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 210-214

  Danell, Rickard ^a   Hjerm, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Academic careers; Gender; Promotion rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887863553     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvt011     Document Type: Article

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