The politics of gender in the NHS: Impression management and 'getting things done'

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-299

  Greener, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impression management; National Health Service; Repertoire

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH SERVICES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 34247137296     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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