Being female in a health care hierarchy - On the social construction of gender and leader identity in a work organization having a predominance of women

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-158

  Sebrant, Ulla ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Health care; Hierarchy; Identity; Leadership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LEADERSHIP; LOGIC; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; WOMEN;

EID: 0032845927     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02839319950162507     Document Type: Article

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