Should Women Care Less? Intrinsic Motivation and Gender Inequality

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-619

  Folbre, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84872374658     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjir.12000     Document Type: Article

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