Gender bias and explanation models for the phenomenon of women’s discriminations in research careers

Hildrun Kretschmer () and Theo Kretschmer
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Hildrun Kretschmer: Dalian University of Technology
Theo Kretschmer: COLLNET-Center

Scientometrics, 2013, vol. 97, issue 1, No 4, 25-36

Abstract: Abstract In the present paper four myths of gender differences in scientific performance are presented and discussed. The persistence of these myths in different forms of evaluation is influencing the women’s discriminations in research careers in combination with effects explained in other explanation models for the existence of the unseen barrier (glass ceiling) that keeps women from rising to the upper levels of the corporate ladder.

Keywords: Gender bias; Evaluation; Glass ceiling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1023-7

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