The gendered nature of apprenticeship: Employers' and young people's perspectives

Education and Training

Volumn 47, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 298-311

  Fuller, Alison ^a   Beck, Vanessa ^b   Unwin, Lorna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apprenticeships; Employers; Gender; Jobs; Sexual discrimination; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444457562     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910510601887     Document Type: Article

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