Equal, but different?: The impact of gender egalitarianism on the integration of female/male HR directors

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-80

  Brandl, Julia ^a   Mayrhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Reichel, Astrid ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Culture; Gender; Human resource management; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449093629     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810849132     Document Type: Article

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