Breaking silence: Tactical choices women managers make in speaking up about gender-equity issues

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1477-1502

  Piderit, Sandy Kristin ^a   Ashford, Susan J ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0042863341     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00388     Document Type: Review

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