Reduced-hours job-role quality and life satisfaction among married women physicians with children

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 358-364

  Barnett, Rosalind Chait ^a   Gareis, Karen C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034556164     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2000.tb00218.x     Document Type: Article

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