Venus envy 2: Sisterhood, queen bees and female misogyny in management

Women in Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 349-364

  Sharon, Mavin ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Sexual discrimination; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748324515     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420610676172     Document Type: Article

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