Successful women of the Americas: The same or different?

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 552-572

  Duffy, Ann ^a   Fox, Suzy ^b   Punnett, Betty Jane ^c   Gregory, Ann ^d   Lituchy, Terri ^e   Inés Monserrat, Silvia ^f   Olivas Luján, Miguel R ^g   Bastos, Santos ^h   Miller, John ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Careers; Cross cultural studies; Personality; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993083668     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610708998     Document Type: Article

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