The emerging identity of women managers in post-Soviet Belarus

Women in Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 412-428

  Rees, Christopher J ^a   Miazhevich, Galina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Belarus; Gender; Women executives; Work psychology; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744457599     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420510616809     Document Type: Article

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