The right tools for the job: Constructing gender meanings and identities in the male-dominated building trades

Human Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1051-1069

  Denissen, Amy M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency; gender and work; gender boundaries; gender identity; non traditional work

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049413269     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709349922     Document Type: Article

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