Negotiating Gender in Uncertainty: A Mechanism of Women's Marginalization in the Japanese Workplace*

International Journal of Japanese Sociology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-40

  Konno, Minako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 22144441874     PISSN: 09187545     EISSN: 14756781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6781.1996.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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