The impact of gender, family, and work on the career advancement of Lebanese women managers

Gender in Management: An International Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-36

  Tlaiss, Hayfaa ^a   Kauser, Saleema ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Gender; Lebanon; Managers; Middle East; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952328276     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411111109291     Document Type: Article

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