Career mobility and gender on the Swedish labour market

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-139

  Granqvist, Lena ^a   Persson, Helena ^a  

^a Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Career development; Gender; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444498278     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720510597630     Document Type: Article

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