Diamonds are a girl’s best friend …? Examining gender and careers in the jewellery industry

Using Acker’s concept of ‘inequality regimes’, this article examines the practices and processes of gender inequality in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, highlighting the complex and subtle nature of discrimination sometimes at play and the strategies used by those who progress within this context....

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Published in:Organization (London, England) England), 2017-05, Vol.24 (3), p.355-376
Main Authors: Duberley, Joanne, Carrigan, Marylyn, Ferreira, Jennifer, Bosangit, Carmela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Careers
Creative industries
Discrimination
Gender
Gender inequality
Jewelry
Jewelry industry
Jewelry making
Minority groups
Occupations
Workers
Working women
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