Gender, occupational class and work-life conflict: A comparison of Britain and Portugal

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-308

  Lyonette, Clare ^a   Crompton, Rosemary ^a   Wall, Karin ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Childcare; Class; Domestic work; Gender; Work life conflict; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547763139     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800701456245     Document Type: Review

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