Unmasking the taken for granted

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-142

  Pitt Catsouphes, Marcie ^a   Christensen, Kathleen ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Enmployment; Epistemology; Equity; Family; Gender; Justice; Women; Work family; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344451441     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000245434     Document Type: Review

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