Strategies for combating gendered perceptions of careers

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-332

  Bourne, Dorota ^a   Özbilgin, Mustafa F ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career guidance; Careers; Gender; Individual psychology; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349087307     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810880817     Document Type: Review

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