A context-specific perspective of equal employment opportunity in Islamic societies

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-151

  Syed, Jawad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equal employment opportunity; Gender equality; Islam; Muslim women

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349120409     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9051-6     Document Type: Article

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