Lawyers' professional careers: Increasing women's inclusion in the partnership of law firms

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 616-631

  Pinnington, Ashly H ^a   Sandberg, Jörgen ^a  

^a THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Glass ceiling; Inclusion; Promotion

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84885955871     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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