Show me the money! an empirical analysis of mentoring outcomes for women in academia

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-442

  Gardiner, Maria ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Kearns, Hugh ^a   Marshall, Kelly ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academia; Evidence based; Longitudinal; Mentoring; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066221414     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360701658633     Document Type: Article

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