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Abrahamsson, Lena – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2001
A study of eight Swedish companies that reverted to previous forms of work organization shows how gender influences organizational change. The learning organization concept challenges gender order, but gender segregation and stereotypic gender-coding of work are strong mechanisms for reversing change and obstructing individual and organizational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Occupational Segregation, Organizational Change