Complex and Contradictory: The Doing of Gender on Regional Development Boards

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-297

  Sheridan, Alison ^a   Mckenzie, Fiona Haslam ^a   Still, Leonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boards; Gender; Governance; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEGEMONY; HOMOGENEITY; LEADERSHIP; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79954990007     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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