Sex, gender, and the work-to-family interface: Exploring negative and positive interdependencies

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-534

  Powell, Gary N ^a   Greenhaus, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953491753     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.51468647     Document Type: Article

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