Balancing extensive ambition and a context overflowing with opportunities and demands: A grounded theory on stress and recovery among highly educated working young women entering male-dominated occupational areas

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Löve, Jesper ^a   Hagberg, Mats ^a   Dellve, Lotta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Grounded theory; Individualization; Recovery; Stress; Young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874984496     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v6i3.5904     Document Type: Article

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