Social relations among managers: Old boys and young women's networks

Women in Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-147

  Waldstrøm, Christian ^a   Madsen, Henning Madsen ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender; Managers; Networking; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847169021     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420710732097     Document Type: Article

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