Endorsing equity and applauding stay-at-home moms: How male voices on work-life reveal aversive sexism and flickers of transformation

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-43

  Tracy, Sarah J ^a   Rivera, Kendra Dyanne ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive sexism; Discourse; Gender; Organization; Scripts; Work life

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649248751     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318909352248     Document Type: Article

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