Women's inequality in the workplace as framed in news discourse: Refracting from gender ideology

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-473

  Gazso, Amber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 12344302128     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2004.tb00786.x     Document Type: Review

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