Gender and career experience in mainland Chinese state-owned enterprises

Personnel Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 602-619

  Leung, Alicia S M ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Careers; China; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036435162     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480210438780     Document Type: Article

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