Future prospects for women faculty: Negotiating work and family

Gendered Futures in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives for Change

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 111-134

  Wolf Wendel, Lisa ^a   Ward, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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