Globalization, uncertainty and women's mid-career life courses: A theoretical framework

Globalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers: An International Comparison

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-31

  Hofmeister, Heather ^a   Blossfeld, Hans Peter ^a   Mills, Melinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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