Factors associated with work-family conflict stress among African American women

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 307-329

  Cole, Portia L ^a   Secret, Mary C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women and the workplace; Work family conflict stress; Workplace racial bias

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FAMILY STRUCTURE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACIAL DISPARITY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL POLICY; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMERCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863531484     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2011.560819     Document Type: Article

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