Equal opportunities policies: How effective are they in increasing diversity in the audio-visual industries' freelance labour market?

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-163

  Holgate, Jane ^a   McKay, Sonia ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58049187113     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708098250     Document Type: Article

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