From 'work-family' to 'flexible careers'- A life course reframing

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-226

  Moen, Phyllis ^a   Sweet, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career; Family; Gender; Life course; Policy; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344444196     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000245489     Document Type: Review

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