Integrating educational careers in work and family

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-250

  Sweet, Stephen ^a   Moen, Phyllis ^b  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Family satisfaction; Gender; Marital satisfaction; Nontraditional students; Work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247491552     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800701270166     Document Type: Article

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