Flexible working and the gender pay gap in the accountancy profession

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-135

  Smithson, Janet ^a   Lewis, Suzan ^a   Cooper, Cary ^b   Dyer, Jackie ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBERTSON COOPER LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working; Gender pay gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942506488     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017004040765     Document Type: Article

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