Lesbian workers: Personal strategies amid changing organisational responses to 'sexual minorities' in UK workplaces

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-45

  Colgan, Fiona ^a   Creegan, Chris ^a   McKearney, Aidan ^a   Wright, Tessa ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coming out; Culture; Equal opportunities; Equality law; Lesbians; LGBT networks and groups; Organization; Sexuality; Social inclusion; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 58149326883     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/10894160802174284     Document Type: Article

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