Career aspirations of non-managerial women: Adjustment and adaptation

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-235

  Hite, Linda M ^a   McDonald, Kimberly S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Careers; Non managerial; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242427571     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022932511826     Document Type: Article

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