Do women at the top make a difference? Gender proportions and the experiences of managerial and professional women

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1093-1104

  Burke, Ronald J ^a   McKeen, Carol A ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical mass; Gender proportion; Intergroup relations; Tokenism; Women's work experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039470087     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900804     Document Type: Article

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