Women in the construction professions: Achieving critical mass

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-196

  Greed, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; RECRUITMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033947856     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00106     Document Type: Article

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