Biological, social, and organizational components of success for women in academic science and engineering : report of a workshop

Biological, social, and organizational components of success for women in academic science and engineering report of a workshop

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering (U.S.) (-), Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press c2006.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Women in science > Social aspects > Congresses.
Women scientists > Social aspects > Congresses.
Women in engineering > Social aspects > Congresses.
Women engineers > Social aspects > Congresses.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622174706719
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Section 1--Summaries of Convocation Sessions""; ""PANEL 1--COGNITIVE AND BIOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""PANEL 2--SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS""; ""PANEL 3--ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES""; ""PANEL 4--IMPLEMENTING POLICIES""; ""Section 2--Selected Workshop Papers""; ""THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES IN ACADEMIA--Donna K. Ginther""; ""BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE--Diane F. Halpern""
  • ""WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS: GENDER SIMILARITIES IN ABILITIES AND SOCIOCULTURAL FORCES--Janet Shibley Hyde""""CREATING AN INCLUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT--Sue V. Rosser""; ""LONG TIME NO SEE: WHY ARE THERE STILL SO FEW WOMEN IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING?--Joan C. Williams""; ""SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CAREER DECISIONS--Yu Xie""; ""Section 3--Poster Abstracts""; ""SOCIOLOGY""; ""ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE""; ""INSTITUTIONAL POLICY""; ""Section 4--Appendixes""; ""APPENDIX A--Workshop Agenda""; ""APPENDIX B--Speaker Biographical Information ""
  • ""APPENDIX C--Committee Biographical Information """"APPENDIX D--Statement of Task ""

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