Is senior management in irish universities male-dominated? What are the implications?

Irish Journal of Sociology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  O’Connor, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gender; Ireland; Management; Organisational culture; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892929746     PISSN: 07916035     EISSN: 20505280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/IJS.18.1.1     Document Type: Article

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