Reshaping marital power: How dual-career newlywed couples create equality in Singapore

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 511-532

  Quek, Karen Mui Teng ^a   Knudson Martin, Carmen ^b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Dual career couples; Gender equality; Relational power; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149086297     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407508090871     Document Type: Article

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