The gendered nature of mergers

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 270-290

  Collins, Grainne ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gender; Mergers; Organizational change; Work

Indexed keywords

MERGER; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 17644387493     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2005.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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