'Allowed into a man's world' meanings of work-life balance: Perspectives of women civil engineers as 'minority' workers in construction

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-57

  Watts, Jacqueline H ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminist; Male dominated professions; Work life balance; Workplace culture

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMINISM; GENDER ROLE; MINORITY GROUP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149293262     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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