Gender roles and infant/toddler care: Male and female professors on the tenure track

Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-31

  Rhoads, Steven E ^a   Rhoads, Christopher H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Infant care; Parental leave; Sex and gender differences; Women in academia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867070730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19335377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0099227     Document Type: Article

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