Union influence on career development – bringing in gender and ethnicity

Career Development International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-88

  Bradley, Harriet ^a   Healy, Geraldine ^b   Mukherjee, Nupur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Ethnic groups; Gender; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986120986     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430410518156     Document Type: Article

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