"There's magic in the web": E-mentoring for women's career development

Career Development International

Volumn 10, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 444-459

  Headlam Wells, Jenny ^a   Gosland, Julian ^a   Craig, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Mentoring; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144552621     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430510620548     Document Type: Review

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