Work and family conflict in academic science: Patterns and predictors among women and men in research universities

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 715-735

  Fox, Mary Frank ^a   Fonseca, Carolyn ^b   Bao, Jinghui ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Risk Management and Control Bank of Communications   (China)

Author keywords

academia; faculty; family; gender; science; universities; work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SCIENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80052800988     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312711417730     Document Type: Article

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