Success for women library managers - but on whose terms?

Women in Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 12-19

  Simon, Jane ^a  

^a QEII Hospital Library   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Libraries; Management; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986076330     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429610117416     Document Type: Article

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