Pay Equity: The Promise and the Practice in North America

Labour and Industry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-73

  Hallock, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 84937180058     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1999.10669215     Document Type: Article

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