An examination of gender influences in career mentoring

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-229

  Leek, Joanne ^a   Orser, Barbara ^a   Riding, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career; Gender; Mentoring; Prot g , women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350495367     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.112     Document Type: Article

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