Doing gender in engineering workplace cultures. II. Gender in/authenticity and the in/visibility paradox

Engineering Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-189

  Faulkner, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

engineering workplace cultures; gender identities; in visibility; practitioner identities; women in engineering

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ENGINEERING WORKPLACE; ENGINEERING WORKPLACE CULTURE; GENDER IDENTITY; IN/VISIBILITY; MAJOR FACTORS; PRACTITIONER IDENTITY; WOMEN ENGINEERS; WOMEN IN ENGINEERING; WORKING RELATIONSHIPS; WORKPLACE CULTURE;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 79952775686     PISSN: 19378629     EISSN: 19408374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19378620903225059     Document Type: Article

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