Work roles, domestic roles, and marital quality: Perceptions of fairness among dual-earner couples

Social Justice Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-335

  Blair, Sampson Lee ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Fairness; Gender roles; Marital quality; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009955446     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023290917535     Document Type: Article

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