The O*Net jobs classification system: A primer for family researchers

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-472

  Crouler, Ann C ^a   Lanza, Stephanie T ^a   Pirretti, Amy ^a   Goodman, W Benjamin ^a   Neebe, Eloise ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employed fathers; Employed mothers; O*Net; Occupations; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748250243     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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