Combining professional work with family responsibilities - A burden or a blessing?

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 202-214

  Härenstam, Annika ^a   Bejerot, Eva ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Career development; Domestic work; Family policy; Fatigue; Gender equality; Job strain; Lone mothers; Multiple roles; Parenthood; Psychological distress; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347871727     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00173     Document Type: Article

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