Managing the technology but not the organization: Women and career in engineering

Women in Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 283-290

  Evetts, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Corporate culture; Gender; Organizations; Technology; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018752     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429810243144     Document Type: Article

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