Extending the boundaries: Reframing "entrepreneurship as social change" through feminist perspectives

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 552-569

  Calás, Marta B ^a   Smircich, Linda ^a   Bourne, Kristina A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

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EID: 67249144697     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2009.40633597     Document Type: Review

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