Professional and highly qualified women in two contrasting trade unions

Gender, Diversity and Trade Unions: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 186-204

  Healy, Geraldine ^a   Kirton, Gill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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