Engendering inequality: Processes of sex-segregation on wall street

Sociological Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-228

  Roth, Louise Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; High status professions; Securities industry; Sex segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042815674     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SOFO.0000031980.82004.d7     Document Type: Article

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