Employer recruiting and the gender composition of jobs

Sociological Focus

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-220

  Mencken, F Carson ^a   Winfield, Idee ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

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EID: 85010618029     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1999.10571135     Document Type: Article

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