Single professional women: A global phenomenon challenges and opportunities

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 34-59

  Berg Cross, Linda ^a   Scholz, Anne Marie ^b   Long, JoAnne ^c   Grzeszcyk, Ewa ^d   Roy, Anjali ^e  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e Department of Electrical Engineering National   (India)

Author keywords

Globalization; Single professionals; Single women

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344365402     PISSN: 15398706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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