Planning ahead: College senior's concerns about career-marriage conflict

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-319

  Barnett, Rosalind Chait ^a   Gareis, Karen C ^a   James, Jacquelyn Boone ^b   Steele, Jennifer ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career marriage conflict; Family formation; Social role theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038067928     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00028-3     Document Type: Review

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