IT'S a man's job, or so they say: The maintenance of sex segregation in a manufacturing plant

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-282

  Levine, Judith A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64549156171     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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