Non-standard work schedules, work-family conflict and parental well-being: A comparison of married and cohabiting unions

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 473-484

  Liu, Hui ^a   Wang, Qiu ^b   Keesler, Venessa ^c   Schneider, Barbara ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Office of Educational Assessment and Accountability   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Non standard work schedules; Parental well being; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955009754     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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