Human resources' self-esteem across gender and categories: A study

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1366-1390

  Kundu, Subhash C ^a   Rani, Sunita ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Gender; India; Managers; Self esteem; Workforce

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT THEORY; SELF ESTEEM;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 35748954908     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710834018     Document Type: Article

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