Managerial career success in Canadian organizations: Is gender a determinant?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 920-941

  Chênevert, Denis ^a   Tremblay, Michel ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian; Career; Determinants; Discrimination; Success; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 19044367905     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190210134282     Document Type: Article

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