Unsettling the gender binary: Experiences of gender in entrepreneurial leadership and implications for HRD

European Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 687-711

  Patterson, Nicola ^a   Mavin, Sharon ^a   Turner, Jane ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial leadership; Female entrepreneurship; Gender; Human resource development; Human resource management; Leadership; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865378237     PISSN: 20469012     EISSN: 20469020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591211255548     Document Type: Article

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