Are Women in Management Victims of the Phantom of the Male Norm?

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-317

  Billing, Yvonne Due ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congruency; Doing gender; Management; The male norm

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; GENDER ISSUE; MANAGEMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 79955000467     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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