The gender pay gap revisited: Insights from a developing country context

Gender in Management: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 230-246

  Jamali, D ^a   Sidani, Y ^a   Kobeissi, A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Discrimination in employment; Gender; Lebanon; Pay differentials; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149121281     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810878059     Document Type: Article

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