Staging value and older women workers: When 'something more' is too much

International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-357

  Ainsworth, Susan ^a   Cutcher, Leanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Habitus; Older women; Staging value

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049185835     PISSN: 17408938     EISSN: 17408946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2008.022113     Document Type: Article

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