Women as breadwinners: The gendered nature of side-bets and their influence on correctional officers' commitment to the organization

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Griffin, Marie L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational commitment; Prisons; Side bet; Women correctional officers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547661795     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v17n01_01     Document Type: Article

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