Social support and compensating differentials in the ministry: Gender differences in two protestant denominations

Review of Religious Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-329

  McDuff, Elaine M ^a   Mueller, Charles W ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0005901805     PISSN: 0034673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3512119     Document Type: Article

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