Restoring the order: Gender segregation as an obstacle to organisational development

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 549-557

  Abrahamsson, Lena ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Organisational change; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036851827     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(02)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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