Salesmen, saleswomen, or sales workers? Determinants of the sex composition of sales occupations

Sociological Forum

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-98

  Bellas, Marcia L ^a   Coventry, Barbara Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Men and women in sales; Occupational sex composition; Sex segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040483040     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007609303061     Document Type: Article

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