Clearing the way for gender balance in the management of the UK financial services industry. Enablers and barriers

Women in Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-53

  Ogden, Susan M ^a   McTavish, Duncan ^a   McKean, Lindsay ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Financial services; Job satisfaction; Networking; United Kingdom; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744449293     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420610643402     Document Type: Article

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