Women's careers in large construction companies: Expectations unfulfilled?

Career Development International

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 353-358

  Dainty, Andrew R j ^a   Neale, Richard H ^b   Bagilhole, Barbara M ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Construction industry; Culture; Discrimination; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059246     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620439910295709     Document Type: Article

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