Closing the gender leadership gap: A multi-centre cross-country comparison of women in management and leadership in academic health centres in the European Union

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kuhlmann, Ellen ^a,b   Ovseiko, Pavel V ^c   Kurmeyer, Christine ^d   Gutiérrez Lobos, Karin ^e   Steinböck, Sandra ^e   von Knorring, Mia ^a   Buchan, Alastair M ^c   Brommels, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Academic health centres; Academic medicine; European Union; Gender equality; Leadership; Medical management; Women in medicine; Women in science

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; MONITORING; MULTICENTER STUDY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WELFARE; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; SPECIALIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AUSTRIA; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GERMANY; GOVERNING BOARD; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIANS; SPECIALIZATION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 85008318893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-016-0175-y     Document Type: Article

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