Gendering teamwork: Re-writing the feminine

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-119

  Metcalfe, Beverly ^a   Linstead, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Femininity; Feminism; Gender; Poststructuralism; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE;

EID: 0037264923     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00005     Document Type: Article

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