Gender and job attitudes: a re-examination and extension

Women in Management Review

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 345-355

  Singh, P ^a   Finn, D ^b   Goulet, L ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^c U S COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Gender; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993104426     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420410563403     Document Type: Article

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