Family comes first or open all hours? How low paid women working in food retailing manage webs of obligation at home and work

Sociological Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 474-496

  Backett Milburn, Kathryn ^a   Airey, Laura ^a   McKie, Linda ^a   Hogg, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 48849111350     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2008.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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