Questioning, resisting, acquiescing, balancing: New mothers' career reentry strategies

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-131

  Miller, Suellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NEGOTIATING; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030092933     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339609516227     Document Type: Article

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