Work and Commitment Among Young Professionals: A Study of Male and Female Dentists

Human Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1355-1377

  Kaldenberg, Dennis O ^a   Becker, Boris W ^a   Zvonkovic, Anisa ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

commitment; dentists; gender differences; professions; work and occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973806733     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679504801106     Document Type: Article

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