The impact of gendered organizational systems on women’s career advancement

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  O’Neil, Deborah A ^a   Hopkins, Margaret M ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

gender bias; gendered organizations; women and confidence; women leaders; women s career advancement; women s career development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050399322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00905     Document Type: Article

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