Some take the glass escalator, some hit the glass ceiling?: Career consequences of occupational sex segregation

Work and Occupations

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-61

  Hultin, Mia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Careers; Glass ceilings; Occupational sex segregation; Promotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037261476     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888402239326     Document Type: Article

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