The role of maternal employment, role-altering strategies, and gender in college students' expectations of work-family conflict

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 535-544

  Weer, Christy H ^a   Greenhaus, Jeffrey H ^b   Colakoglu, S Nihal ^c   Foley, Sharon ^d  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Maternal employment; Multiple role involvement; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845485046     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9107-y     Document Type: Article

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