Feminist insight on gendered work: New directions in research on women and entrepreneurship

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 224-235

  Mirchandani, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER ISSUE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0032744131     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00085     Document Type: Article

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