Managing gender diversity in Pakistan and Turkey: A historical review

International Handbook on Diversity Management at Work: Country Perspectives on Diversity and Equal Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 11-26

  Özbilgin, Mustafa ^a   Syed, Jawad ^a   Dereli, Beliz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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