IT jobs: Opportunities for all?

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-88

  Warhurst, Chris ^a   Lockyer, Cliff ^a   Dutton, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB SEARCH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33644785850     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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