Can bureaucracy benefit organizational women?: An exploratory study

Administration and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-363

  Dehart Davis, Leisha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Efficiency; Equity; Gender; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749101313     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399709334643     Document Type: Article

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