How women engineers do and undo gender: Consequences for gender equality

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-428

  Powell, Abigail ^a   Bagilhole, Barbara ^a   Dainty, Andrew ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Engineering; Gender; Organization; Women

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; PERCEPTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 67649344438     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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