Gender, management and market discourse: The case of gender quotas in the Swedish and finnish media

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-521

  Tienari, Janne ^a   Holgersson, Charlotte ^a   Meriläinen, Susan ^a   Höök, Pia ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Discourse; Finland; Gender; Quotas; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; MANAGEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649359926     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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