'I'm not just a housewife': Gendered roles and identities in the home-based hospitality enterprise

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-332

  Di Domenico, MariaLaura ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gendered occupation; Home based business; Micro enterprise

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ROLE; MICROENTERPRISE; OCCUPATION; SERVICE SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 45249091232     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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