Blurred Boundaries: Gender and Work-Family Interference in Cross-National Context

Work and Occupations

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-236

  Ruppanner, Leah ^a   Huffman, Matt L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict; labor market outcomes; occupational sex segregation; work attitudes; worker action

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898884808     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888413500679     Document Type: Article

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