A profile of female retail managers: Some insights

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-161

  Broadbridge, Adelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RETAILING; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032734037     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069900000034     Document Type: Article

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