Six ways of seeing the elephant: The intersection of sex, gender, and leadership

Gender in Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-141

  Powell, Gary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Elephants; Gender; Leadership; Sex; Ways of seeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857771303     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411211214167     Document Type: Review

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