Thoughts on the Workplace as a Masculinity Contest

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 628-634

  Ely, Robin J ^a   Kimmel, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MASCULINIZATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85053181607     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12290     Document Type: Article

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