From Organizational Sexuality to Queer Organizations: Research on Homosexuality and the Workplace

Sociology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 551-563

  Williams, Christine ^a   Giuffre, Patti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959863213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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