Supervisor gender, leadership style, and perceived job design

Women in Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 117-129

  Valentine, Sean ^a   Godkin, Lynn ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Job design; Leadership; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986149606     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420010325744     Document Type: Article

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