Consent as resistance, resistance as consent: Re-reading part-time professionals' acceptance of their marginal positions

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 543-564

  Dick, Penny ^a   Hyde, Rosie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Part time work; Power; Professional part time workers; Resistance; Subject positions

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; MARGINALIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 33749638735     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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