YCC: A gendered carnival? Project work at Volvo Cars

Women in Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-106

  Styhre, Alexander ^a   Backman, Maria ^a   Börjesson, Sofia ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Cars; Feminism; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744367694     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420510584436     Document Type: Article

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