Marking difference and negotiating belonging: Refugee women, volunteering and employment

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-296

  Tomlinson, Frances ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equality and diversity; Identity; Multiculturalism; Refugee women

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; MULTICULTURALISM; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953758816     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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