Women partners leaving the firm: Choice, what choice?

Gender in Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-183

  Anderson, Deirdre ^a   Vinnicombe, Susan ^a   Singh, Val ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Employee turnover; Professional services; Role conflict; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951522468     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411011036383     Document Type: Article

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