Perceived organizational barriers to women's career advancement in Lebanon

Gender in Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 462-496

  Tlaiss, Hayfaa ^a   Kauser, Saleema ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Influence; Lebanon; Managers; Organizations; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955879936     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411011069882     Document Type: Article

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