Perceived justice in the division of domestic labor: Actor and partner effects

Personal Relationships

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 680-695

  Mikula, Gerold ^a   Riederer, Bernhard ^b   Bodi, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 84870705295     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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