Women Entering Management: Differences in Perceptions of Factors Influencing Integration

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Responses of male and female managers in state public welfare organizations are analyzed to determine perceptions and differences in perceptions con cerning the impact of certain variables which may positively or negatively affect the initial movement of women into managerial positions and the promotion of women in the management hierarchy in these organizations.

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