Learning to negotiate network relations: Social support among working mothers living in poverty

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-482

  Offer, Shira ^a   Sambol, Sarit ^a   Benjamin, Orly ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gift economy; Low income mothers; Negotiation; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149422528     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2010.506026     Document Type: Article

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