Doing gender, doing entrepreneurship: An ethnographic account of intertwined practices

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-429

  Bruni, Attila ^a   Gherardi, Silvia ^a   Poggio, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Ethnography; Gender practices; Performativity

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942751907     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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