Work-family conflict in contemporary China: Beyond an American-based model

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-373

  Ling, Yan ^a   Powell, Gary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Role conflict; Social support; Stress; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844290177     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147059580113006     Document Type: Article

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