Gender diversification in the u.s. forest service: Does it still matter?

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-300

  Brown, Greg ^a   Harris, Chuck ^b   Squirrell, Trevor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c GREEN MOUNTAIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

employee attitudes; Forest Service; organizational change; workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956476151     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X10368219     Document Type: Article

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