Women's career patterns: A study of Swedish women born in the 1950s

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-412

  Huang, Qinghai ^a,b   El Khouri, Bassam M ^a   Johansson, Gunn ^a   Lindroth, Siv ^a   Sverke, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Personnel Decisions International (Shanghai) Co Ltd   (China)

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EID: 34748816799     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317906X119738     Document Type: Article

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