Valuing women's voices: Call center workers in Malaysia and India

Gender and the Digital Economy: Perspectives from the Developing World

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 132-158

  Cecilia, N G ^a   Mitter, Swasti ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b NONE

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EID: 84951135046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9788132103622.n6     Document Type: Chapter

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