Changing gender: The discursive construction of equal opportunities

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 499-521

  Nentwich, Julia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Change; Equal opportunities; Feminist theory; Ideological dilemma; Interpretative repertoires

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; IDEOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33749628131     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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