Life role salience among black African dual-career couples in the South African context

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2835-2853

  Bosch, Anita ^a   de Bruin, Gideon P ^a   Kgaladi, Busisiwe ^a   de Bruin, Karina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African; career development; dual career; gender; non western; role salience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862301296     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.671506     Document Type: Article

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