Challenges of work-life balance for women physicians/mothers working in leadership positions

Gender Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 244-250

  Schueller Weidekamm, Claudia ^a   Kautzky Willer, Alexandra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

career ladder; gender; leadership; motherhood; sex; woman's role; work life balance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BURNOUT; CAREER PLANNING; CHILD CARE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; FEMALE WORKER; GENDER; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX ROLE; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK LIFE BALANCE; WORKING MOTHER;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84864579111     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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