Structure, agency and career strategies of white women and black and minority ethnic individuals in the legal profession

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-269

  Tomlinson, Jennifer ^a   Muzio, Daniel ^b   Sommerlad, Hilary ^c   Webley, Lisa ^d   Duff, Liz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agency; black and minority ethnic individuals; career strategy; legal profession; structure; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873806241     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712460556     Document Type: Article

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