Dual-earner couples: Good/bad for her and/or him?

From Work-Family Balance to Work-Family Interaction: Changing the Metaphor

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 151-172

  Barnett, Rosalind Chiat ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645946417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612090     Document Type: Chapter

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