The gendered nature of role model status: An empirical study

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 560-578

  Murrell, Audrey J ^a   Zagenczyk, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Individual development; Management roles; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748993693     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610692953     Document Type: Review

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