Husband's career first: Renegotiating career and family commitment among migrant Chinese academic couples in Britain

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-65

  Cooke, Fang Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career; Chinese academic couples; Family strategy; Gender; Labour market; Migrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847255881     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017007073615     Document Type: Review

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