It doesn't always add up: Examining dual-earner couples' decision to off-shift

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-316

  Pagnan, Colleen E ^a   Lero, Donna S ^b   Wadsworth, Shelley M MacDermid ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child care; Non standard work; Off shifting; Social exchange theory; Symbolic interactionism; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960783041     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2010.520843     Document Type: Article

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