| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-267) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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, that these have. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women in science.
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Women in science. |
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Women in technology.
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Women in technology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kemelgor, Carol, 1944-
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Uzzi, Brian, 1960-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Etzkowitz, Henry, 1940- Athena unbound. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000 0521563801 (DLC) 00020997 (OCoLC)43370410 |
| ISBN |
0511009445 (electronic book) |
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9780511009440 (electronic book) |
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0511053576 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511053573 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511150466 |
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9780511150463 |
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9780511541414 |
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0511541414 |
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9780521563802 (hardback) |
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0521563801 (hardback) |
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9780521787383 (paperback) |
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0521787386 (paperback) |
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1280429127 |
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9781280429125 |
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0521563801 (hardback) |
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0521787386 (paperback) |
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