Influences of marriage, motherhood, and other life events on australian women's employment aspirations

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-281

  Johnstone, Melissa ^a   Lucke, Jayne ^a   Lee, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aspiration; cohort analysis; family work relationship; occupational aspirations; work (attitudes toward); working women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958110447     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684310388502     Document Type: Article

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