Women at work: Differences in it career experiences and perceptions between South Asian and American women

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 601-635

  Adya, Monica P ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Culture and climate; Gender diversity; Mentoring; Quality of work life; Turnover; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649091959     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20234     Document Type: Article

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