Gender Differences in Workplace Authority: Discrimination and the Role of Organizational Leaders

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 99-113

  Hultin, Mia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84993810455     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000169939804100201     Document Type: Article

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