The portrayal of women in Canadian corporate annual reports

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-223

  Bujaki, Merridee L ^a   McConomy, Bruce J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual report; Performance; Photographs; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449154051     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.146     Document Type: Article

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