Gender differences in use of alternative full-time work arrangements by married workers

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-111

  Sharpe, Deanna L ^a   Hermsen, Joan M ^a   Billings, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 71749095851     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X02031001004     Document Type: Article

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