The Mommy track and partnership: Temporary delay or dead end?

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 596, Issue , 2004, Pages 130-150

  Noonan, Mary C ^a   Corcoran, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Lawyers; Promotion; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044269407     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716204268773     Document Type: Review

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