Constraints facing working women in Lebanon: An insider view

Women in Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 581-594

  Jamali, Dima ^a   Sidani, Yusuf ^a   Safieddine, Assem ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Careers; Gender; Lebanon; Middle East; Women; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544443411     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420510635213     Document Type: Article

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