Manager and mommy?: A cross-cultural comparison

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 558-575

  Peus, Claudia ^a   Traut Mattausch, Eva ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Career development; Cross cultural studies; Family; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349130718     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810884531     Document Type: Article

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