High hopes: Organizational position, employment experiences, and women's and men's promotion aspirations

Work and Occupations

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 438-463

  Cassirer, Naomi ^a   Reskin, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034310034     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888400027004002     Document Type: Article

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