Athena unbound : the advancement of women in science and technology /
Why are there so few women scientists? This book sets out to answer this question, and to propose solutions for the future. Based on extensive research, it reveals the hidden barriers, subtle exclusions and unwritten rules of the scientific workplace, and the effects, both professional and personal,...
| Основен автор: | Etzkowitz, Henry, 1940- |
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| Други автори: | Kemelgor, Carol, 1944-, Uzzi, Brian, 1960- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77533 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Athena unbound. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: Women in science: Why so few?
- The science career pipeline
- Women and science: Athena bound
- Gender, sex, and science
- Selective access
- Critical transitions in the graduate and post-graduate career path
- Women's (and men's) graduate experience in science
- The paradox of critical mass for women in science
- The "kula ring" of scientific success
- Women's faculty experience
- Dual male and female worlds of science
- Differences between women in science
- Social capital and faculty network relationships
- Negative and positive departmental cultures
- Initiatives for departmental change
- International comparisons
- Athena unbound: policy for women in science.