'A Blinding Lack of Progress': Management Rhetoric and Affirmative Action

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 658-678

  Ainsworth, Susan ^a   Knox, Angela ^a   O'Flynn, Janine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affirmation action; Equality; Gender; Management; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER IDENTITY; MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; RACISM; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77958584011     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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