Trends in women's career patterns and in gender occupational mobility in Britain

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-46

  Jacobs, Sheila ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; MOBILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032931555     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00067     Document Type: Article

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