The evaluation of male and female managers at a local municipality in Hungary

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-50

  Nagy, Beáta ^a   Vicsek, Lilla ^a  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gender; Hungary; Sexual discrimination; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449095039     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810849114     Document Type: Article

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