Gender differences in attitudes toward women as sales managers in the people’s republic of china

Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 303-311

  Liu, Sandra S ^a   Comer, Lucette B ^b   Dubinsky, Alan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 85009579482     PISSN: 08853134     EISSN: 15577813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08853134.2001.10754283     Document Type: Article

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