Women's experiences of non-traditional employment: Is gender equality in this area a possibility?

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 449-456

  Whittock, Margaret ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lived experience; Non traditional employment; Stereotyping; Tokenism; Women

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036648347     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190210140197     Document Type: Article

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