Family work performance and satisfaction: Gender ideology, relative resources, and emotion work

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 47-74

  Stevens, Daphne Pedersen ^a   Minnotte, Krista Lynn ^b   Mannon, Susan E ^b   Kiger, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Emotion work; Housework; Satisfaction; Unpaid family work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847687228     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v40n04_04     Document Type: Article

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