Culture's consequences for working women in corporate America and Japan, Inc.

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 18-29

  Sama, Linda M ^a   Papamarcos, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b St John's University   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Career development; Equal opportunities; Japan; National cultures; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054591     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600010797075     Document Type: Article

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