Agents for change and changed agents: The micro-politics of change and feminism in the academy

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 580-598

  Parsons, Elizabeth ^a   Priola, Vincenza ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academia; Change; Discourse; Feminism; Gender; Identity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; FEMINISM; GENDER; POLITICS;

EID: 84897036844     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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