Social capital and gender in the workplace

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-44

  Timberlake, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Networking; Organizational culture; Social dynamics; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644400038     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710510572335     Document Type: Article

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