Diversity management discourse meets queer theory

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 382-394

  Bendl, Regine ^a   Fleischmann, Alexander ^a   Walenta, Christa ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gender; Sex and gender issues; Sexual discrimination; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249114491     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810897517     Document Type: Article

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