Attitudes to women in management: An analysis of West Midlands businesses

Personnel Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 152-173

  Liff, Sonia ^a   Worrall, Les ^b   Cooper, Cary L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031492892     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489710161387     Document Type: Article

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