Between endless needs and limited resources: The gendered construction of a greedy organization

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 506-525

  Rasmussen, Bente ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decentralization in public care; Gendered work; Greedy organization; Home based care for the elderly; New public management in Norway

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ELDERLY CARE; MODERNIZATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 4143080417     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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