Managing equal opportunities for women: Sorting the friends from the foes

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-88

  Ng, Catherine W ^a   Chiu, Warren C K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 12544260605     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2001.tb00033.x     Document Type: Article

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