Moving ahead or just moving?: An examination of gender differences in senior corporate management appointments

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 651-676

  Lyness, Karen S ^a   Schrader, Christine A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Gender differences; Senior managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750477017     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601106286890     Document Type: Article

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