Markers of achievement for assessing and monitoring gender equity in a UK National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre: A two-factor model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 15, Issue 10 October, 2020, Pages

  Henderson, Lorna R ^a,b   Shah, Syed Ghulam Sarwar ^a,b   Ovseiko, Pavel V ^b   Dam, Rinita ^b   Buchan, Alastair M ^b   McShane, Helen ^a,c   Kiparoglou, Vasiliki ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEXISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85092887254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239589     Document Type: Article

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