Women in a male-dominated industry: Factor analysis of a women workplace culture questionnaire based on a grounded theory model

Sex Roles

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 311-322

  Bergman, Bodil ^a   Hallberg, Lillemor R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

burdens on women; need of mental strength; negative view of women; women's health; workplace culture questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036386670     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020276529726     Document Type: Article

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