The role of culture and gender in the choice of a career in management

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 306-319

  Malach Pines, Ayala ^a   Kaspi Baruch, Oshrit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Career development; Culture; Gender; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349095813     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810880808     Document Type: Article

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