Who Gets More of the Pie? Predictors of Perceived Gender Inequity at Work

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-241

  Ngo, Hang Yue ^a   Foley, Sharon ^b   Wong, Angela ^a   Loi, Raymond ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Church workers; Gender differences; Gender equity; Job segregation; Perceived gender inequity; Social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347301576     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024179524538     Document Type: Article

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