Beyond the industrial paradigm: Market-embedded labor and the gender organization of global service work in China

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-36

  Otis, Eileen M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR STANDARD; MANUFACTURING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SERVICE SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 51249139817     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300102     Document Type: Article

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