Beyond analytical dichotomies

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 567-595

  Prasad, Ajnesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

diversity; feminism; organization research; poststructuralism; sexuality in organizations; strategic essentialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860541548     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726711432183     Document Type: Article

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