Barriers to women's progression into nurse management in the National Health Service

Women in Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 184-191

  Lane, Nikala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Disadvantaged groups; Gender; Nurses; Part time work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172579     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429810221940     Document Type: Article

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