Ambivalent patriarchs: Shiftworkers, 'breadwinners' and housework

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-105

  Speakman, Sue ^b   Marchington, Mick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033096425     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09500179922117809     Document Type: Article

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