Can Women in Law Have it All? A Study of Motherhood, Career Satisfaction and Life Balance

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 24, Issue , 2006, Pages 283-306

  Wallace, Jean E ^a  

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EID: 33645847845     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-558X(06)24011-4     Document Type: Review

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