Maternal and dual-earner employment and children's development: Redefining the research agenda

From Work-Family Balance to Work-Family Interaction: Changing the Metaphor

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 197-218

  Gottfried, Adele Eskeles ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 84909132558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612090     Document Type: Chapter

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