Do job demands undermine parenting? A daily analysis of spillover and crossover effects

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-215

  Bass, Brenda L ^a   Butler, Adam B ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^b   Linney, Kirsten D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual earner couples; Job demands; Parentchild; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350281540     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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