Walking in your shoes: Interactive effects of child care responsibility difference and gender similarity on supervisory family support and work-related outcomes

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 659-691

  Li, Andrew ^a   Bagger, Jessica ^b  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child care; gender similarity; supervisor employee relationship; work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055124906     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601111416234     Document Type: Article

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