Women and Top Leadership Positions: Towards an Institutional Analysis

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-103

  Cook, Alison ^a   Glass, Christy ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Diversity; Gender; Glass cliffs; Leadership

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84889606704     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12018     Document Type: Article

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