Behind closed doors! Homosocial desire and the academic boys club

Gender in Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-64

  Fisher, Virginia ^a   Kinsey, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boys club; Hegemonic masculinity; Homosocial desire; Invisibility; Masculinities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890889910     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/GM-10-2012-0080     Document Type: Article

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