Values and attitudes towards women in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-244

  Olivas Luján, Miguel R ^a   Inés Monserrat, Silvia ^b   Ruiz Gutierrez, Jaime A ^c   Greenwood, Regina A ^d   Madero Gómez, Sergio ^e   Murphy, Edward F ^f   Bastos, Neusa Maria ^g  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Universidad del Centro   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^f EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Individual psychology; Management attitudes; South America; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549107743     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910946442     Document Type: Article

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