The effectiveness of human resource management practices for promoting women's careers

Handbook on Women in Business and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 254-276

  Konrad, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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