Book review: Jane Horan, How Asian women lead: lessons for global corporations

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Adamson, M. 2016. Book review: Jane Horan, How Asian women lead: lessons for global corporations. Work, Employment and Society. 30 (2), pp. 380-381. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017015579598
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TitleBook review: Jane Horan, How Asian women lead: lessons for global corporations
AuthorsAdamson, M.
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Review of "Jane Horan, How Asian Women Lead: Lessons for Global Corporations, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, £21.99 hbk, (ISBN: 9781137378712), 192 pp."

PublisherSAGE Publications
JournalWork, Employment and Society
ISSN0950-0170
Publication dates
Online26 May 2015
Print01 Apr 2016
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Deposited18 Sep 2015
Accepted01 Apr 2015
Output statusPublished
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Published online before print May 26, 2015

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017015579598
LanguageEnglish
Place of publicationWork, Employment & Society
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