Gender inequality in job authority: A cross-national comparison of 26 countries

Work and Occupations

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-366

  Yaish, Meir ^a   Stier, Haya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender gap; Job authority; Public sector; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951518805     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888409349751     Document Type: Article

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