A career with a view: Agentic perspectives of women faculty

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 331-359

  O’Meara, Kerryann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Career advancement; Faculty agency; Women faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928616965     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2015.0014     Document Type: Article

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