Work and employment in small businesses: Perpetuating and challenging gender traditions

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Baines, Susan ^b   Wheelock, Jane ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER ROLE; MICROENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0034006760     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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