Human resources, care giving, career progression and gender: A gender neutral glass ceiling

Human Resources, Care Giving, Career Progression and Gender: A Gender Neutral Glass Ceiling

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-176

  Coyne, Beulah S ^c   Coyne, Edward J ^a   Lee, Monica ^b  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203607206     Document Type: Book

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