‘Different people have different priorities’: work–family balance, gender, and the discourse of choice

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1573-1585

  Beddoes, Kacey ^a   Pawley, Alice L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discourse; gender; STEM faculty; underrepresentation; work family balance; work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905177608     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.801432     Document Type: Article

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