Gender and work: The occupational expectations of young women and men in the 1990s

Gender Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 74-88

  Looker, E Dianne ^a   Magee, Pamela A ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0037989220     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-000-0012-3     Document Type: Article

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