Advancing Gender Equity in Organizations: The Challenge and Importance of Maintaining a Gender Narrative

Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 589-608

  Ely, Robin J ^a   Meyerson, Debra E ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminist practice; Feminist theory; Gender; Gender equity; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348193003     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840074005     Document Type: Article

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