Glass ceilings, glass cliffs or new worlds?: Revisiting gender and accounting

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Broadbent, Jane ^a   Kirkham, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountancy; Gender; Sexual discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449092865     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570810872888     Document Type: Review

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