Revisiting gender role stereotyping in the sales profession

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-132

  Lane, Nikala ^a   Crane, Andrew ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Feminism; Gender; Management; Relationship marketing; Sales; Sex discrimination; Stereotypes; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141671756     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020343504126     Document Type: Article

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