Women, work, and family: Three studies of roles and identity among working mothers

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1354-1381

  Raskin, Patricia M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Career salience; Flexibility; Identity; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646385339     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764206286560     Document Type: Article

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