Men and women engineers in a large industrial organization: Interpretation of career progression based on subjective-career experience

Women in Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue , 2003, Pages 60-67

  Ismail, Maimunah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Career development; Engineers; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847370326     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420310462334     Document Type: Article

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