Perceived mentoring functions: Does mentor's gender matter?

Women in Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 418-427

  Okurame, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Careers; Gender; Mentoring; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547211214     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420710761473     Document Type: Article

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