Illuminating gendered organization assumptions: An important step in creating a family-friendly organization: A case study

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-28

  Swanberg, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gendered organizations; Organizational change; Work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344446422     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000200271     Document Type: Review

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