Are female supervisors good for employee job experiences, health, and wellbeing?

Women in Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-95

  Moore, Sarah ^a   Grunberg, Leon ^a   Greenberg, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Human resource management; Organizational design; Women workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744378439     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420510584427     Document Type: Article

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