Career barriers and the older woman manager

Women in Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 143-155

  Still, Leonie ^a   Timms, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Careers; Managers; Retirement; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172676     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429810219754     Document Type: Article

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