Does a management degree do the business for women in the graduate labour market?

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 520-538

  Wilton, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45849116308     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2007.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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