Alternative employment arrangements: A gender perspective

Sex Roles

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 337-349

  Marler, Janet H ^a   Moen, Phyllis ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative employment arrangements; Gender schema; Independent contractors; Temporary work; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744390224     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-2677-2     Document Type: Article

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