Gender issues in home-based businesses

Women in Management Review

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 404-412

  Walker, E ^a   Webster, B ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homeworking; Self employed workers; Small enterprises; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933353     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420410570216     Document Type: Article

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