Female leaders, organizational power, and sex segregation

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 639, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 217-235

  Stainback, Kevin ^a   Kwon, Soyoung ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

employment segregation; gender; management; sex; workplace inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857668547     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716211421868     Document Type: Article

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