Happier working for themselves?: Job satisfaction and women freelance journalists

Journalism Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 672-686

  Massey, Brian L ^a   Elmore, Cindy J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical work; Freelance journalists; Job satisfaction; Women journalists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864728491     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2011.579780     Document Type: Article

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