Masculinity and the making of trans-Canada air lines, 1937-1940: A feminist poststructuralist account

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-44

  Mills, Albert J ^a   Mills, Jean Helms ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business history; Gender; Identity; Masculinity; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745757771     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2006.tb00384.x     Document Type: Article

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