Dangerous work: The gendered nature of bullying in the context of higher education

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-186

  Simpson, Ruth ^a   Cohen, Claire ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bullying; Gender; Higher education

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 1442338493     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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