Gender and impression management: Playing the promotion game

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-89

  Singh, Val ^a   Kumra, Savita ^b   Vinnicombe, Susan ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Ethics; Gender; Impression management; Ingratiation; Managers; Modesty; Promotion; Reputation; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141782412     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014782118902     Document Type: Review

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