Moving out of the 'Armchair': Developing a Framework to Bridge the Gap between Feminist Theory and Practice

Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 553-571

  Meyerson, Debra E ^a,b   Kolb, Deborah M ^a  

^a Simmons School of Management   (United States)

^b Simmons Grad School of Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist practice; Feminist theory; Gender; Gender equity; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012770426     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840074003     Document Type: Article

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