How lesbians learn to negotiate the heterosexism of corporate america

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-195

  Gedro, Julie A ^a   Cervero, Ronald M ^b   Johnson Bailey, Juanita ^b  

^a SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Corporate america; Gays and lesbians; Heterosexism; Homophobia; Informal and incidental learning; Lesbians; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009448735     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1367886042000243790     Document Type: Article

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