The cracked glass ceiling: Equal work but unequal status

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 456-468

  Dobele, Angela R ^a   Rundle Thiele, Sharyn ^b   Kopanidis, Foula ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

case study; equity; gender; higher education; workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900009788     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.841654     Document Type: Article

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