Gender influences in decision-making processes in top management teams

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1024-1034

  Klenke, Karin ^a  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Management attitudes; Organizational politics; Sex and gender issues; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133623     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310509553     Document Type: Article

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