Building strategies: equal opportunity in the construction industry

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 220-229

  Pringle, Rosemary ^a   Winning, Anne ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GENDER DISPARITY; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0032409678     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00059     Document Type: Article

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