Time off as economic capital: Thwarting the traps of the segregated occupational field

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-205

  Kennelly, Ivy ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847075098     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170601120639     Document Type: Article

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