The conceptualisation and measurement of occupational hierarchies: A review, a proposal and some illustrative analyses

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-639

  Bukodi, Erzsebet ^a   Dex, Shirley ^a   Goldthorpe, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Occupational scales; Worklife occupational mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952194327     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-010-9369-x     Document Type: Article

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