The Gender Trap: Flexible Work in Corporate Legal Practice

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 773-811

  Thornton, Margaret ^a   Bagust, Joanne ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Flexible work arrangements; Sex discrimination in the workplace; Women lawyers; Women Legal status, laws, etc

Indexed keywords

EID: 64949084427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 28175069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.60082/2817-5069.1224     Document Type: Article

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