Women's careers at the start of the 21st century: Patterns and paradoxes

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 727-743

  O'Neil, Deborah A ^a   Hopkins, Margaret M ^b   Bilimoria, Diana ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career success; Career theories; Gender; Women's career development

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949222410     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9465-6     Document Type: Article

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