Through the brick wall, and the glass ceiling: Women in the civil service in Bangladesh

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-209

  Zafarullah, Habib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; GENDER DISPARITY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033937615     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00107     Document Type: Article

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