Father influences on employed mothers' work-family balance

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1136-1160

  Fagan, Jay ^a   Press, Julie ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ritter Hall Annex ^*

Author keywords

Crossover; Ecology; Father involvement; Gender ideology; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749138167     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07311954     Document Type: Article

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