Meet the new boss...same as the old boss? Female supervisors and subordinate career prospects

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 287-298

  Maume, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Female managers; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149467302     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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