Combining gender, work, and family identities: The cross-over and spill-over of gender norms into young adults’ work and family aspirations

The current study investigates how descriptive and prescriptive gender norms that communicate work and family identities to be (in)compatible with gender identities limit or enhance young men and women’s family and career aspirations. Results show that young adults (N=445) perceived gender norms to...

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Main Authors: Loes Meeussen, Jenny Veldman, Colette Van Laar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01781/full

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