Gender influences on career success outcomes

Gender in Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 386-407

  Orser, Barbara ^a   Leck, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career development; Compensation; Gender; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954852147     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411011056877     Document Type: Article

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