Introduction: The adaptive response of families to maternal employment: Part II - Family perspectives

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1303-1309

  Riggio, Heidi R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual earner families; Maternal employment; Work family interaction; Working families; Working mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646394323     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764206286556     Document Type: Article

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