Towards mentoring the Indian organizational woman: Propositions, considerations, and first steps

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-193

  Haynes, Ray K ^a   Ghosh, Rajashi ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Gender; Human resource development; Indian women; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857238602     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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