Job-family Trade-offs: The Multidimensional Effects of Gender

Work and Occupations

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 226-256

  Mennino, Sue Falter ^a   Brayfield, April ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20244369541     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888402029002005     Document Type: Article

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