Part-time of what? Job quality and part-time employment in the legal profession in Australia

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-166

  Campbell, Iain ^a   Charlesworth, Sara ^b   Malone, Jenny ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

gender; job quality; legal profession; long hours; part time work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861772261     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783311408970     Document Type: Article

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