The micro-politics of gendering in networking

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-237

  Benschop, Yvonne ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gendering; Micro politics; Networking

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 68749083678     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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