Gendered work: An analysis of work in a Fijian garment factory

Australian Geographer

Volumn 29, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS. 1, 1998, Pages 341-355

  Phillips, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Garment industry; Gender; Labour market; Occupational sex segregation; Social construction

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LABOR MARKET; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; WOMENS STATUS;

FIJI;

EID: 0032453492     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189808703228     Document Type: Article

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