Work-family conflict, children, and hour mismatches in Australia

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 749-772

  Reynolds, Jeremy ^a   Aletraris, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Work hours; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247871274     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06296634     Document Type: Article

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