And then there were more? The effect of organizational sex composition on the hiring and promotion of managers

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 711-727

  Cohen, Lisa E ^a,b,c,d   Broschak, Joseph P ^a   Haveman, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031797102     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657335     Document Type: Article

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