Minimizing the influence of gender bias on the faculty search process

Advances in Gender Research

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 267-289

  Fine, Eve ^a   Sheridan, Jennifer ^a   Carnes, Molly ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^b   Pribbenow, Christine ^a   Savoy, Julia ^a   Wendt, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Faculty search process; Unconscious or implicit bias; Women faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911384825     PISSN: 15292126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1529-212620140000019012     Document Type: Article

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