Foreign banks: Executive jobs for Turkish women?

Women in Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 608-630

  Culpan, Oya ^a   Marzotto, Toni ^b   Demir, Nazmi ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Banking; Career development; Human resource management; Job mobility; Turkey; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448996921     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420710836308     Document Type: Article

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