Explaining career motivation among female doctors in the Netherlands: The effects of children, views on motherhood and work-home cultures

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 487-505

  Pas, Berber ^a   Peters, Pascale ^a   Eisinga, Rob ^a   Doorewaard, Hans ^a   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

career motivation; female doctors; having children; motherhood ideology; work home culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052502099     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017011407973     Document Type: Article

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