The existence of gender-specific promotion standards in the U.S

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 447-459

  Gjerde, Kathy A Paulson ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847702082     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1097     Document Type: Article

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