The process of choosing a management career - Evaluation of gender and contextual dynamics in a comparative study of six countries: Hungary, Israel, North Cyprus, Turkey, UK and the USA

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-305

  Tanova, Cem ^a   Karataş Özkan, Mine ^b   Inal, Gözde ^c  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Cross cultural studies; Gender; Master of business administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349117912     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810880790     Document Type: Article

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