The relational generation of workplace inequalities

Social Currents

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-73

  Tomaskovic Devey, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Economic sociology; Gender; Inequality; Occupations; Organizations; Poverty and mobility; Race; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904409704     PISSN: 23294965     EISSN: 23294973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2329496513514032     Document Type: Article

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