Gender differences in the influence of professional tenure on work attitudes

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 153-162

  Van der Velde, Mandy E G ^a   Bossink, Carin J H ^b   Jansen, Paul G W ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SHL Group   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender; Professional tenure; Work attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041573039     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024460930719     Document Type: Article

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