Sustainability in Combining Career and Care: Challenging Normative Beliefs about Parenting

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-664

  van Engen, Marloes L ^a   Vinkenburg, Claartje J ^b   Dikkers, Josje S E ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; PARENTAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84871157471     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2012.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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