Glass cliffs are not so easily scaled: On the precariousness of female CEOs' Positions

British Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-16

  Ryan, Michelle K ^a   Alexander Haslam, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 59349084763     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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