'The women can be moved to fill in the gaps': New production concepts, gender and suppliers

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 320-341

  Newsome, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Labour process; Supply organizations; Work restructuring

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR DIVISION; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0038134970     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00198     Document Type: Article

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