Diversity and inequality among women in employment in the Arab Middle East region: A new research agenda

Managing Gender Diversity in Asia: A Research Companion

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 8-31

  Al Dajani, Haya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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