Venus envy: Problematizing solidarity behaviour and queen bees

Women in Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-276

  Sharon, Mavin ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Glass ceiling; Intergroup relations; Sexual discrimination; Women; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744915574     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420610666579     Document Type: Article

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