A review of literature published in the Journal of Voluntary Action Research
finds that women have been largely invisible, both as researchers and as subjects of
research. Methodological practices creating sexist bias are discussed and strategies
aimed at developing grounding theories specifying gender roles and contributions
are proposed.
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