The promised land? Why social inequalities are systemic in the creative industries

Employee Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 495-508

  Eikhof, Doris Ruth ^a   Warhurst, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audio visual industries; Audiovisual media; Creative industries; Discrimination; Equal opportunities; New world of work; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881578324     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ER-08-2012-0061     Document Type: Article

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