Organising work and home in same-sex parented families: Findings from the work love play study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 4 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 374-391

  Perlesz, Amaryll ^a   Power, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Rhonda ^b   Mcnair, Ruth ^c   Schofield, Margot ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a   Barrett, Anna ^a   Bickerdike, Andrew ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Relationships Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lesbian and gay parenting; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650799212     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.31.4.374     Document Type: Article

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