Consequences of Flexibility Stigma Among Academic Scientists and Engineers

Work and Occupations

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-110

  Cech, Erin A ^a   Blair Loy, Mary ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

flexibility stigma; ideal worker norm; science and engineering; STEM; work devotion schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893915209     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888413515497     Document Type: Article

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