Female entrepreneurship in the Caribbean: A multisite, pilot investigation of gender and work

Human Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 326-342

  Browne, Katherine E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Female entrepreneurship; Gender ideologies; Multisite ethnography; Patriarchy

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER ROLE; IDEOLOGY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0035691154     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.60.4.4x4h4wvnq1rnhcx1     Document Type: Article

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