Humanitarian logistics performance in the light of gender

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-187

  Kovács, Gyöngyi ^a   Tatham, Peter ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disasters; Distribution management; Gender; Human resource management; International aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449107067     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400910928752     Document Type: Article

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