Negotiating the uncomfortable intersections between gender and professional identities in social work

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 390-411

  Christie, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Detraditionalization; Feminized profession; Men

Indexed keywords

GENDER; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 33645549811     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018306062591     Document Type: Article

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