Cracks in the Glass Ceiling: In What Kinds of Organizations Do Women Make It to the Top?

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-501

  Goodman, Jodi S ^a   Fields, Dail L ^c   Blum, Terry C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Management turnover; Women in management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242550577     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601103251232     Document Type: Article

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