Antecedents and consequences of faculty women's academic-parental role balancing

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 495-512

  Comer, Debra R ^a   Stites Doe, Susan ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Interrole conflict; Interrole facilitation; Parenting; Role balancing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747686428     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-006-9021-z     Document Type: Article

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