Setting occupational sex segregation in motion: Demand-side explanations of sex traditional employment

Work and Occupations

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-354

  Kmec, Julie A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational sex segregation; Organizational practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944445779     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405277703     Document Type: Article

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