'Belonging' and 'otherness': Sex equality in banking in Turkey and Britain

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 668-688

  Özbilgin, Mustafa F ^a   Woodward, Diana ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Belonging and otherness; Britain; Financial services sector; Sex equality; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EQUITY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; TURKEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5444275393     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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