Gender differences in involuntary job loss and the reemployment experience: Less there than meets the eye

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-261

  Zikic, Jelena ^a   Burke, Ronald J ^a   Fiksenbaum, Lisa ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Senior managers; Unemployment; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149126645     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810878068     Document Type: Article

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