Women managers' careers in information technology in China: High flyers with emotional costs?

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-244

  Aaltion, Iiris ^a   Huang, Jiehua ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Career guidance; China; Culture; Gender; Managers; Methods of enquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047138047     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710724775     Document Type: Article

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