Corporate engagement with indigenous women in the minerals industry: Making space for theory

Earth Matters: Indigenous Peoples, the Extractive Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 104-122

  Gibson, Ginger ^a   Kemp, Deanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85076071325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351279680-7     Document Type: Chapter

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