Making gender fit and "correcting" gender misfits: Sex segregated employment and the nonsearch process

Gender and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-236

  Kmec, Julie A ^a   McDonald, Steve ^b   Trimble, Lindsey B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Organizations; Work occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949562508     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243209360531     Document Type: Article

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