Discursive essentializing in a woman-owned business: Gendered Stereotypes and Strategic Subordination

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-306

  Edley, Paige P ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990353537     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318900142003     Document Type: Article

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