Gender and national identity constructions in the cross-border merger context

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-241

  Tienari, Janne ^a   Søderberg, Anne Marie ^a   Holgersson, Charlotte ^a   Vaara, Eero ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross national; Discourse analysis; Gender; Merger; National identity

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 17644371941     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2005.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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