Cockpits, hangars, boys and galleys: Corporate masculinities and the development of British airways

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 172-188

  Mills, Albert J ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000455278     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00055     Document Type: Article

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