Work-Family Backlash: Begging the Question, What's Fair?

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-46

  Young, Mary B ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033480937     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271629956200103     Document Type: Article

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