Practising gender in organizations: The critical gap between practical and discursive consciousness

Management Learning

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-193

  Mathieu, Chris ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discursive consciousness; Gender; Management; Organization; Practical consciousness; Practice theory; Sex inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749141586     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507608101229     Document Type: Article

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