My Family Matters: Gender and Perceived Support for Family Commitments and Satisfaction in Academia Among Postdocs and Faculty in STEMM and Non-STEMM Fields

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 460-474

  Moors, Amy C ^a   Malley, Janet E ^a   Stewart, Abigail J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic environment; faculty; family work relationship; job satisfaction; postdoctoral training; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921500720     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684314542343     Document Type: Article

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