What have the feminists done for us? Feminist theory and organizational resistance

Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 711-740

  Thomas, Robyn ^a,b   Davies, Annette ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminist theory; Micropolitics; Post structuralist feminism; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944550415     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508405055945     Document Type: Review

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