Work and family in the 1990s

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 981-998

  Perry Jenkins, Maureen ^c   Repetti, Rena L ^a,c   Crouter, Ann C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Job stress; Parental employment; Work and family; Work family policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311267     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00981.x     Document Type: Review

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