Adaptive strategies, gender ideology, and work-family balance among Dutch dual earners

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1004-1014

  Wierda Boer, Hilde H ^a   Gerris, Jan R M ^a   Vermulst, Ad A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dual earner; Gender; Personality; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849432614     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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