Time Work by Overworked Professionals: Strategies in Response to the Stress of Higher Status

Work and Occupations

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-114

  Moen, Phyllis ^a   Lam, Jack ^a   Ammons, Samantha ^b   Kelly, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

professionals; strategies; stress of higher status; time strains; time work; work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876022074     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888413481482     Document Type: Article

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