The academic life course, time pressures and gender inequality

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-161

  Jacobs, Jerry A ^a   Winslow, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic careers; Academic productivity; Job satisfaction; Work family conflict; Working time

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044245257     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000245443     Document Type: Review

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