The Paradox of a Gender-Balanced Workforce: The Discursive Construction of Gender Among Swedish Social Workers

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-31

  Fahlgren, Siv ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

complementary gender differences; gender balanced workforce; masculinity; normalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875283461     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109912475162     Document Type: Article

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