Crafting the elastic self? Gender and identities in senior appointments in Irish education

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 631-649

  Devine, Dympna ^a   Grummell, Bernie ^a   Lynch, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education; Gender practices; Identities; New managerialism; Power

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HIGHER EDUCATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

IRELAND;

EID: 80053196422     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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