Engineering selves: Negotiating Gender and Identity in Technical Work

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 350-380

  Jorgenson, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84990328204     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318902153002     Document Type: Article

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