Occupation and industry sex segregation, gender, and workplace support: The use of flexible scheduling policies

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 656-680

  Minnotte, Krista Lynn ^a   Cook, Alison ^b   Minnotte, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible scheduling; Industry sex segregation; Occupation sex segregation; Sex segregation; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949880928     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09348593     Document Type: Article

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