Gender, mentoring, and career success: The importance of organizational context

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-405

  Ramaswami, Aarti ^a   Dreher, George F ^b   Bretz, Robert ^c   Wiethoff, Carolyn ^b  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 77954063817     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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