Tenure-track opt-outs: Leakages from the academic pipeline

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-36

  Almer, Elizabeth Dreike ^a   Baldwin, Amelia A ^b   Jones Farmer, Allison ^c   Lightbody, Margaret ^d   Single, Louise E ^e  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FORT SMITH   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic career; Faculty turnover; Gender; Opt out

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986877580     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1085-462220160000019001     Document Type: Article

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