Gender and the limits to diversity in the contemporary British Army

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-67

  Woodward, Rachel ^a   Winter, Patricia ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

British Army; Diversity; Equal opportunities; Gender; Military

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY STRATEGY; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646007639     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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