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Home » Publications » NCFR Report Magazine » Family Focus Articles

Family Focus on Families and Work-Life

June 2006
Phyllis Moen
for Members ONLY

Between the career mystique and reality: minding the gap

by Phyllis Moen, Ph.D., McKnight Presidential Chair, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota

The Career Mystique embodies the work ethic. It epitomizes the American Dream.

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