The Subordination of the Feminine? Developing a Critical Feminist Approach to the Psychoanalysis of Organizations

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1237-1255

  Vachhani, Sheena J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

feminisms; identification; Irigaray; psychoanalysis; sexual difference; subject

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866947338     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612448159     Document Type: Article

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