Reproducing and resisting the master narrative of decline: Midlife Professional Women’s Experiences of Aging

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-226

  Trethewey, Angela ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990359439     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318901152002     Document Type: Article

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