Gender, choice and constraint in call centre employment

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Scholarios, Dora ^a   Taylor, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954930630     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2010.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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