Flexible work arrangements and work-family conflict after childbirth

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Grice, Mira M ^a   McGovern, Patricia M ^b   Alexander, Bruce H ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational health; Pregnancy; Women; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONFLICT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB PERFORMANCE; MANUAL LABOR; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RACE DIFFERENCE; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK RESUMPTION; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 54949102362     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn090     Document Type: Article

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