Managing careers: Experiences of successful women in the Chinese IT industry

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-425

  Xian, Huiping ^a   Woodhams, Carol ^b  

^a Business School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; China; Equal opportunities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249083215     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810897535     Document Type: Article

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