Staying with people who slap us around: Gender, juggling responsibilities and violence in paid (and unpaid) care work

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-151

  Baines, Donna ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care work; Occupational health; Unpaid work; Violence; Work home balance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

EID: 33646007007     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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