Career and life expectations of Chinese business students: The effects of gender

Women in Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 171-183

  Mckeen, Carol A ^a   bu, Nailin ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Queen's School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountants; China; Gender; Job promotion; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131913     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429810221931     Document Type: Article

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