Work and intimate partner violence: powerful role of work in the empowerment process for middle-class women in abusive relationships

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 1-18

  Kumar, Smita ^a   Casey, Andrea ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; intimate partner violence; middle class women; work; work family enrichment; work family spillover

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036510128     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2017.1365693     Document Type: Article

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