Women Managers: The Construction of Gender in the Workplace1

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 149-164

  Grant, Jan ^a   Porter, Paige ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84970393694     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/144078339403000204     Document Type: Article

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