Barriers to advancing female careers in the high-tech sector: Empirical evidence from Ireland

Women in Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-39

  Cross, Christine ^a   Linehan, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Career development; Gender; Information and communication technologies; Ireland; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744435713     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420610643394     Document Type: Article

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