Gendered interactions in corporate annual report photographs

Gender in Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-136

  Bujaki, Merridee L ^a   McConomy, Bruce J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Disclosure; Gender; Photography

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449115876     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411011026294     Document Type: Article

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