Advancing gender equality through the Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science: An exploratory study of women's and men's perceptions

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ovseiko, Pavel V ^a   Chapple, Alison ^a   Edmunds, Laurel D ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athena SWAN; Gender equality; Health research; Science policy

Indexed keywords

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CAREER; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; NARRATIVE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SWAN; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; WELFARE; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; ATTITUDE; CAREER MOBILITY; ENGLAND; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SCIENCE; SEXISM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ATTITUDE; CAREER MOBILITY; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SCIENCE; SEXISM; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 85013489268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-017-0177-9     Document Type: Article

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