Management, women and gender capital

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-566

  Ross Smith, Anne ^a   Huppatz, Kate ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Field; Gender capital; Management

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955979615     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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