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Gender equality and the career development paths of women in the private, public and non-profit sectors are regularly the focus of academic studies (cf. Ragins/Townsend/Mattis 1998: 28; Sonnert 1999: 34; Mason/Goulden 2002: 21; White 2004: 227; Van den Brink/Brouns/Waslander 2006: 523; April/Dreyer/Blass 2007: 51; Whitmarsh et al. 2007: 225; Sappleton/Takruri-Rizk 2008: 284; Alpay et al. 2010: 135; Dambrin/Lambert 2012: 2).
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Mawela, T. (2014). The Journey of Female Professors in South Africa. In: Thege, B., Popescu-Willigmann, S., Pioch, R., Badri-Höher, S. (eds) Paths to Career and Success for Women in Science. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04061-1_4
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