Work-life integration: Experiences of mid-career professional working mothers

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-622

  Grady, Geraldine ^a   McCarthy, Alma M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Careers; Ireland; Job satisfaction; Life planning; Parents; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349126772     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810884559     Document Type: Article

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