Parental leave usage by fathers and mothers at an American university

Fathering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-363

  Lundquist, Jennifer H ^a   Misra, Joya ^a   O'Meara, Kerryann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Faculty; Family policy; Gender; Parental leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872696542     PISSN: 15376680     EISSN: 1933026X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/fth.1003.337     Document Type: Article

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