Gay men at work: (Re)constructing the self as professional

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 763-786

  Rumens, Nick ^a   Kerfoot, Deborah ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gay men; Gay friendly workplaces; Identity work; Organization studies; Professional; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249129343     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709103457     Document Type: Article

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