Gendered meanings of commitment from high technology engineering managers in the United Kingdom and Sweden

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Singh, Val ^b   Vinnicombe, Susan ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034048594     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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