Valuing skills: Helping mainstream gender equity in the New Zealand State sector

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-211

  Junor, Anne ^a   Hampson, Ian ^a   Smith, Meg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender mainstreaming; Pay equity; Public sector management; Service work; Skill; Wage discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649142739     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076708100879     Document Type: Article

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