Impression management, commitment and gender:: Managing others' good opinions

European Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-194

  Singh, Val ^a   Vinnicombe, Susan ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Impression Management; Managerial; Professional; Self promotion; Sweden; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042918978     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(00)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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