Giving and Receiving: Gendered Service Work in Academia

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Giving and Receiving : Gendered Service Work in Academia . / Järvinen, Margaretha; Mik-Meyer, Nanna.

I: Current Sociology, 17.01.2024.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Järvinen, M & Mik-Meyer, N 2024, 'Giving and Receiving: Gendered Service Work in Academia ', Current Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921231224754

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Järvinen, M., & Mik-Meyer, N. (2024). Giving and Receiving: Gendered Service Work in Academia . Current Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921231224754

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Järvinen M, Mik-Meyer N. Giving and Receiving: Gendered Service Work in Academia . Current Sociology. 2024 jan. 17. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921231224754

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Järvinen, Margaretha ; Mik-Meyer, Nanna. / Giving and Receiving : Gendered Service Work in Academia . I: Current Sociology. 2024.

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