Measuring women's beliefs about glass ceilings: Development of the Career Pathways Survey

Gender in Management: An International Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 68-80

  Smith, Paul ^a   Crittenden, Nadia ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Attitude surveys; Australia; Career development; Denial; Glass ceilings; Measures; Resignation; Resilience; Women; Women's beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863411251     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411211214130     Document Type: Article

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