Women's accounts of organizational politics as a gendering process

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 650-671

  Davey, Kate Mackenzie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Organizational politics; Organizational socialization

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; INFORMAL SECTOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 54049095269     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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