Frontier masculinity in the oil industry: The experience of women engineers

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-73

  Miller, Gloria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers to women managers; Gendered organization; Organizational culture; Petroleum industry; Women engineers

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; GENDER RELATIONS; OIL INDUSTRY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0742270337     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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