Stability and transformation in gender, work, and family: insights from the second shift for the next quarter century

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 435-454

  Blair Loy, Mary ^a   Hochschild, Arlie ^b   Pugh, Allison J ^c   Williams, Joan C ^d   Hartmann, Heidi ^e  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Institute for Women's Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; divorce; flexibility stigma; gender; gender inequality; leisure gap; Second Shift; work devotion; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943428560     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2015.1080664     Document Type: Article

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