'Doing something meaningful': Gender and public service during municipal government restructuring

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-184

  Worts, Diana ^a   Fox, Bonnie ^a   Mcdonough, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Gender; Public service; Restructuring; Service ethic

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GENDER ISSUE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SERVICE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847298990     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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