Masculinity and management education: Feminizing the MBA

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-193

  Simpson, Ruth ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846840551     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2006.21253782     Document Type: Article

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