From exclusion to inclusion: Young queer workers’ negotiations of sexually exclusive and inclusive spaces in Australian workplaces

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 629-651

  Willis, Paul ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sexuality; The workplace; Young queer people

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950780757     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260902902689     Document Type: Article

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