Gender and racial differentials in promotions: Is there a sticky floor, a mid-level bottleneck, or a glass ceiling?

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-619

  Yap, Margaret ^a   Konrad, Alison M ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advancement opportunity; Canada; Organizational level; Visible minorities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849095846     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/038875ar     Document Type: Article

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