Cross-gender networking in the workplace: Causes and consequences

Gender in Management: An International Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 562-576

  ng, Ignace ^a   Hau siu Chow, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Employee turnover; Gender; Hong Kong; Managers; Networking; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949117207     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410911004849     Document Type: Article

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