A Woman's Place and a Man's Duty: How Gender Role Incongruence in One's Family Life Can Result in Home-Related Spillover Discrimination at Work

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-86

  del Triana, María Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Incongruence; Sex discrimination; Stereotypes; Wage earner status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551634487     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9182-5     Document Type: Article

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