Gender roles: An examination of the hopes and expectations of the next generation of managers in Canada and China

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 533-546

  McKeen, Carol A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Domestic tasks; Employment; Gender roles; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 18744411589     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-3719-5     Document Type: Article

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