Flexible work: Ambitious parents' recipe for career success in The Netherlands

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 562-582

  Dikkers, Josje ^a   van Engen, Marloes ^b   Vinkenburg, Claartje ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career development; Career satisfaction; Gender; Parents; The Netherlands; Working patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049492556     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011084411     Document Type: Article

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