Managerial women and the work-home interface: Does age of child matter?

Women in Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 568-587

  Moore, Sarah ^a   Sikora, Patricia ^b   Grunberg, Leon ^a   Greenberg, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b Sikora Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Children (age groups); Hours of work; Management stress; Parents; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848912645     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420710825733     Document Type: Article

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