Toward modeling the predictors of managerial career success: Does gender matter?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 360-385

  Eddleston, Kimberly A ^a   Baldridge, David C ^b   Veiga, John F ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Gender; Levels of management; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744476026     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940410537936     Document Type: Review

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