Editorial: Gender and service: New directions for the study of 'front-line' service work

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 387-399

  Kerfoot, Deborah ^a   Korczynski, Marek ^a  

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EID: 28244491454     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2005.00280.x     Document Type: Review

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