Peer power: A women's peer-mentoring program at the workplace: example from the academia

Shelly Levy-Tzedek; Galia S. Moran; Uri Alon; Neta Sal-Man

doi:10.15252/embr.201847246

Peer power: A women's peer-mentoring program at the workplace: example from the academia

Shelly Levy-Tzedek, Galia S. Moran, Uri Alon, Neta Sal-Man

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Original language	English
Article number	e47246
Journal	EMBO Reports
Volume	19
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.201847246
State	Published - 1 Dec 2018

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