His and Her Perspectives: Gender Ideology, Work-to-Family Conflict, and Marital Satisfaction

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-438

  Minnotte, Krista Lynn ^a   Minnotte, Michael C ^a   Pedersen, Daphne E ^a   Mannon, Susan E ^b   Kiger, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender ideology; Marital satisfaction; Work and family; Work to family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956169883     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9818-y     Document Type: Article

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