Overwork and the persistence of gender segregation in occupations

Gender & Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-184

  Cha, Youngjoo ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family; work family; work occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993791749     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: 15523977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243212470510     Document Type: Article

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