'I'm home for the kids': Contradictory implications for work - Life balance of teleworking mothers

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 454-476

  Hilbrecht, Margo ^a   Shaw, Susan M ^a   Johnson, Laura C ^a   Andrey, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethic of care; Flexibility; Intensive mothering; Telework; Work lifebalance

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELECOMMUNICATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 49049109901     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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