Careers in the Dutch civil service: A gender perspective

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-507

  Groeneveld, Sandra ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career opportunities; Civil service; Gender; Human resource management; Work orientation

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN RESOURCE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350448276     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852309337685     Document Type: Article

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