The stress of managerial and professional women: Is the price too high?

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-251

  Beatty, Carol A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030131714     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199605)17:3<233::AID-JOB746>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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