Job Search and the Occupational Segregation of Women

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 229-253

  Hanson, Susan ^a   Pratt, Geraldine ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender; job search; occupational segregation; social contacts; women

Indexed keywords

GENDER DIVISION; HABITAT SELECTION; INFORMATION NETWORK; INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE; JOB SEARCH; LABOUR MARKET; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION; SOCIAL CONTACT; URBAN AREA;

INDIA; USA, MASSACHUSETTS, WORCESTER;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 0026314243     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1991.tb01688.x     Document Type: Article

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