Work-family matters in the workplace: The use of focus groups in a study of a UK social services department

Qualitative Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 523-542

  Brannen, Julia ^a   Pattman, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Focus group; Group interaction; Laughter; Strategies of domination and complicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744517730     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794105059508     Document Type: Article

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