The diary project: Revealing the gendered organisation

Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-46

  Plowman, Penelope J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Narratives; Organizational change; Organizational culture; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864692488     PISSN: 13555855     EISSN: 17584248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465641011042017     Document Type: Article

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