Why are so few females promoted into CEO and vice president positions? Danish empirical evidence, 1997-2007

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 380-408

  Smith, Nina ^a   Smith, Valdemar ^a   Verner, Mette ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Media Production and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Promotion; Statistical discrimination; Top executive positions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876534486     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600204     Document Type: Article

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