'Have you got a boyfriend or are you single?': On the importance of being 'straight' in organizational research

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-316

  Bruni, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cathexis; Desire; Organizational ethnography; Organizational practices; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HOMOSEXUALITY;

EID: 33645076503     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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