Cultural Schemas, Social Class, and the Flexibility Stigma

2013/06/01 by Joan C. Williams, Mary Blair‐Loy, Jennifer L. Berdahl · 720 citations
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Art history #Artificial intelligence #Citation #Class (philosophy) #Computer science #Employment and Welfare Studies #Gender Diversity and Inequality #History #Library science #Sociology #Work-Family Balance Challenges

paper · doi:10.1111/josi.12012

published in Journal of Social Issues 69(2), 209-234 (Wiley)

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