Family obligations or cultural contraints? Obstacles in the path of professional women

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 108-125

  Legault, Marie Josée ^a,b   Chasserio, Stéphanie ^a,b  

^a Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appraisal others: Career, commitment, promotions, work time pattern, engineers; Gender; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544373363     PISSN: 15398706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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