Gender, Work Time, and Care Responsibilities Among Faculty

Sociological Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-323

  Misra, Joya ^a   Lundquist, Jennifer Hickes ^a   Templer, Abby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Faculty jobs; Gender; Work family conflict; Working parents; Working time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861706133     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2012.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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