Participatory modeling to support gender equality: The importance of including stakeholders

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 422-438

  Bleijenbergh, Inge ^a   Van Engen, Marloes ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Careers; Causal loop diagrams; Gender equality; Organizational change; Participatory modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930847688     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EDI-06-2013-0045     Document Type: Article

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