Enterprising futures or dead-end jobs? Women, self employment and social exclusion

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 588-600

  Marlow, Susan ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748971194     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720610690509     Document Type: Article

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