What would you sacrifice? Access to top management and the work-life balance

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-36

  Guillaume, Cécile ^a   Pochic, Sophie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Glass ceiling; Managerial career; Organization; Women in management; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HUMAN RESOURCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 58149301587     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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