What's in a name?

Women in Management Review

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 299-308

  Bart, Barbara D ^a   Hass, Marsha E ^b   Hass Philbrick, Jane ^a   Sparks, Marcia R ^a   Williams, Craig ^a  

^a SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum vitae; Ethnic groups; Gender; Salaries; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037763     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429710189867     Document Type: Article

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