Height, gender, and authority status at work: Analyses for a national sample of canadian workers

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 208-222

  Gawley, Tim ^a   Perks, Thomas ^b   Curtis, James ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authority status; Gender; Height

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349197820     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9520-5     Document Type: Article

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