Hispanic women managers and professionals: Reflections on life and work

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-36

  Hite, Linda M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Hispanic women; Latinas

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33845538926     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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