Download or read book Generation and Gender in Academia written by B. Bagilhole and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first cross-cultural analysis of the differences in career trajectories and experiences between a senior group of women academics and a younger group who are at early and mid-career stages. Major themes in the autobiographical stories of these women were national context; organisational context; family, class and location; and agency.