Gender, age and ageism: Experiences of women managers in Finland and Scotland

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-77

  Jyrkinen, Marjut ^a   McKie, Linda ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age; biographical matching; careers; gender; women managers; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857385876     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017011426313     Document Type: Article

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