Chinese Immigrant Mothers Negotiating Family and Career: Intersectionality and the Role of Social Support.
Using an intersectional approach, this study examines Chinese immigrant mothers' negotiation between career and family and the role of social support. Based on eight individual interviews with Chinese immigrant mothers in Toronto, we found that their employment opportunities were highly limited by t...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Social Work Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 742 - 762 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2019
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