The normalisation of flexible female labour in the information economy

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-299

  Gregg, Melissa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Feminism; Flexible labour; Information jobs; Labour; New economy; New media

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149494908     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680770802217311     Document Type: Article

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