Moral Dimensions of the Work–Family Nexus

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 439-453

  Blair Loy, Mary ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominant Assumption; Empirical Puzzle; Moral Expectation; Moral Prescription; Structural Determinism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125930346     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6896-8_23     Document Type: Chapter

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