A female ghetto? Women’s careers in call centres

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 51-66

  Belt, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 2942683850     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2002.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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