Unsettling Universities' Incongruous, Gendered Bureaucratic Structures: A Case-study Approach

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-230

  Bird, Sharon R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benevolent sexism; Collaborative transformation; Gendered organizations; Incongruous gendered bureaucratic structures; Subtle gender bias

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ADMINISTRATION; BUREAUCRACY; DECISION MAKING; GENDER DISPARITY; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WOMENS STATUS;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951780014     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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