Dueling schemata: Dialectical sensemaking about gender

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-372

  Foldy, Erica Gabrielle ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialectics; Gender; Organizational development and change; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746661191     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886306290309     Document Type: Article

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