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Understanding the Workplace: Men, Women and Management

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Women and Social Work

Part of the book series: Practical Social Work ((BASWPSW))

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Chapter 7 begins with stability and change in the work environment over the past decade. Problems with male colleagues continue to dominate and exclude women from management. The culture of the workplace that undermines women-centred practice and women workers, and how this can be countered, follows. Specific strategies are suggested.

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© 1999 British Association of Social Workers

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Hanmer, J., Statham, D. (1999). Understanding the Workplace: Men, Women and Management. In: Women and Social Work. Practical Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14567-6_7

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