Gender role stereotypes and requisite management characteristics: The case of South Africa

Gender in Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-300

  Booysen, Lize A E ^a   Nkomo, Stella M ^b  

^a Antioch University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gender; Managers; Race; Racial discrimination; Sexual discrimination; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953564945     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411011048164     Document Type: Article

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