Barriers to networking for women in a UK professional service

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 484-505

  Tonge, Jane ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; Gender; Professional services; Public relations; Social networks; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049120615     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810908848     Document Type: Article

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