How are women's glass ceiling beliefs related to career success?

Career Development International

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 458-474

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Beliefs; Career development; Career satisfaction; Glass ceiling beliefs; Glass ceilings; Wellbeing; Women; Women's career advancement; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866714107     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431211269702     Document Type: Article

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