Upsetting 'Others' in the Netherlands: Narratives of Muslim Turkish Migrant Businesswomen at the Crossroads of Ethnicity, Gender and Religion

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 353-367

  Essers, Caroline ^a   Tedmanson, Deirdre ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Migrant women; Postcolonial feminism

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNICITY; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; IMMIGRANT; ISLAMISM; MARGINALIZATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POST-COLONIALISM;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84899907791     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12041     Document Type: Article

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