Pay, promotion and parenthood amongst women solicitors

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-308

  Wass, Victoria ^a,b   McNabb, Robert ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earnings; Gender; Parenthood; Professions; Promotion; Sex; Solicitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744908591     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006064115     Document Type: Article

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