(No) Cracks in the glass ceiling: Women managers, stress and the barriers to success

Handbook on Women in Business and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-77

  Gatrell, Caroline ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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