Organizational communication studies and gendered organization: A response to Martin and Collinson

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-90

  Mumby, Dennis K ^a   Ashcraft, Karen Lee ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NONE

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COMMUNICATION; GENDER ISSUE;

EID: 33646012607     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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