The all-or-nothing workplace: Flexibility stigma and "opting out" among professional-managerial women

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-256

  Stone, Pamela ^a   Hernandez, Lisa Ackerly ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE PROSPECT; PERCEPTION; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84879188984     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12013     Document Type: Article

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