Time for a Change? Women's Accounts of the Move from Organizational Careers to Self-Employment

British Journal of Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-230

  Mallon, Mary ^a   Cohen, Laurie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035596812     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.00195     Document Type: Article

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