Measuring the gender gap in organizations

Gender in Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-288

  Sörlin, Ann ^a   Ohman, Ann ^a   Blomstedt, Yulia ^a   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Lindholm, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business; Equality; Gender; Organizations; Policy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959207369     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411111144292     Document Type: Article

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