Indigenous Fijian female pupils and career choice: Explaining generational gender reproduction

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-43

  Nilan, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Gender; Generational reproduction; School to work transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449727974     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188790802655031     Document Type: Article

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