Women leave work because of family responsibilities: Fact or fiction?*

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-307

  Metz, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

gender discrimination; turnover; women managers; work family responsibilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052930335     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411111413216     Document Type: Article

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