Gender differences in professional development of healthcare managers

Leadership in Health Services

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-339

  Gumus, Gulcin ^a   Borkowski, Nancy ^a   Deckard, Gloria J ^a   Martel, Karen J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alere Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Professional development; Professional qualifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649108226     PISSN: 17511879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511870910996123     Document Type: Article

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